NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC. (THECOUNT) — Shareka Wise and Ryheim Counts, have been identified as the victims in a Saturday morning double-fatal vehicle crash in Newberry County.

Counts, 29, and 21-year-old Wise, were both killed in a single-vehicle crash near Newberry early Saturday morning.

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According to reports, a vehicle was traveling on Boyd Crossing Road in Newberry, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 1 a.m. Saturday morning. The vehicle then came into contact with a substantial tree.

Both occupants of the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Newberry County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, its population was 37,508. Its county seat is Newberry. The name is of unknown origin. Newberry County comprises the Newberry, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.