Nalej Yearns has been named as the teen killed Monday night in an accident in Charleston County, South Carolina. He was 17.
Yearns, of Summerville, died at Trident Medical Center from injuries he sustained in the accident, according to the Charleston County deputy coroner.
Yearns and a passenger were in a vehicle traveling north on Lincolnville Road at 5:45 p.m. Monday when their vehicle swerved off the left side of the road, struck several trees, and overturned, according to Lance Cpl Judd Jones. source
The other person was transported to Trident Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, Jones said.
The collision is still under investigation by the MAIT team, according to Jones.
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