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
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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.
Updated: 11:17 PM EDT Apr 30, 2021 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.According to Hovis, the driver and passenger of the ATV were not wearing helmets and died at the scene. The coroner has identified the victims as Jasmine Peake, 14, of Joanna, and Madison Simmons, 14, from Gray Court.The coroner said the girls were best friends and both cheered for the Clinton Little Devils Association. The president of the organization, Annette Lee, said the girls did everything together. You want to say, tomorrow she ll call and say, Ms. Annette, what time is the cheer practice?
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