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Updated: 4:44 PM CDT May 3, 2021 Two South Carolina 14-year-olds who were best friends were killed in an ATV crash on Thursday.Jasmine Peake and Madison Simmons tried to cross a road on an ATV in Laurens County, South Carolina, on Thursday afternoon, but struck a tractor-trailer, according to Trooper Joe Hovis, with South Carolina Highway Patrol. Neither of the girls were wearing helmets at the time of the crash, he said. They both died at the scene. The girls were best friends and both cheered for the Clinton Little Devils Association.The president of the organization, Annette Lee, said she s in disbelief that the girls are gone. Jasmine and Madison were always together, Lee said. They would spend the night at each other s houses and go places. . They were very much best friends and always together. Madison Simmons was a student in Laurens County School District 55, and Jasmine Peake was a student at Clinton High School in Laurens County School District 56. The student
The two girls did everything together, according to the mother of one of the victims. Author: WSPA Updated: 8:21 PM EDT April 30, 2021
LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. A pair of teenage girls have died in an ATV crash on a busy highway in South Carolina.
According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 4:40 Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Milton Road and Pickens Street in Joanna. The coroner’s office said Jasmine Peake, 14, and Madison Simmons, 14, of Gray Court, were not wearing helmets and died at the scene. She s very sassy, very outgoing, said Wendy Polson when describing her daughter, Madison. Big heart. always put others before herself. Always.
2 teenage girls killed in ATV crash in Upstate
2 teenage girls killed in ATV crash in Upstate By WYFF Staff | April 30, 2021 at 1:29 PM EDT - Updated April 30 at 7:25 PM
JOANNA, S.C. (WYFF) - Two Upstate teen girls, who were best friends, were killed in an ATV crash Thursday in Laurens County.
The accident happened at 4:40 p.m. on Milton Road in the town of Joanna, according to Trooper Joe Hovis, with South Carolina Highway Patrol.
According to Hovis, a tractor-trailer was traveling south on Milton Road.
An ATV was traveling west on Pickens Street and was trying to cross Milton Road when it struck the tractor-trailer, Hovis said.