ASKED TO CALL 911. IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD FOLLOWING A CRASH THERE. THAT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST MAIN STREET AND WEBER ROAD. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE CRASH INVOLVED TWO VEHICLES AND THE DRIVERS OF BOTH VEHICLES AND A PASSENGER DIED. ONE OF THE DRIVERS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 28 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS MARTIN JR. AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDAT
Coroner identifies 2 women killed in crash in Spartanburg
It happened near the intersection of East Main Street and Webber Road.
Updated: 6:43 PM EDT Mar 12, 2023
The Spartanburg Coroner’s Office has identified the other two of the three people killed in a crash early Saturday morning. The coroner said it happened Friday evening near the intersection of East Main Street and Webber Road. According to Spartanburg police, the two vehicles involved in the crash were a white Honda Civic and a red Honda Accord. The drivers of both vehicles and the driver and passenger of the Honda Accord all died at the scene. MORE HEADLINES:Active death investigation in Anderson County after shooting Two Richland County deputies recovering after exposed to narcotic substance, deputies say New Target store coming to Spartanburg County The driver and passenger of the red Honda Accord have been identified as Jeanne Marie Rueth, 72, of Saint Louis, Missouri and Virginia Mary Wurtmann, 65, of Saint Louis, Missouri, according to the coroner.Both Rueth and Wurtmann were both pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 12:05 a.m., the coroner says. The cause of death is pending at this time.The coroner says that the driver of a white Honda Accord has been identified as Nicholas Lovell Martin Jr., 28, of Spartanburg and the cause of death is pending further forensic testing. The cause of death is pending further forensic examination.
The Spartanburg Coroner’s Office has identified the other two of the three people killed in a crash early Saturday morning.
The coroner said it happened Friday evening near the intersection of East Main Street and Webber Road.
According to Spartanburg police, the two vehicles involved in the crash were a white Honda Civic and a red Honda Accord. The drivers of both vehicles and the driver and passenger of the Honda Accord all died at the scene.
MORE HEADLINES:
The driver and passenger of the red Honda Accord have been identified as Jeanne Marie Rueth, 72, of Saint Louis, Missouri and Virginia Mary Wurtmann, 65, of Saint Louis, Missouri, according to the coroner.
Both Rueth and Wurtmann were both pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 12:05 a.m., the coroner says. The cause of death is pending at this time.
The coroner says that the driver of a white Honda Accord has been identified as Nicholas Lovell Martin Jr., 28, of Spartanburg and the cause of death is pending further forensic testing.
The cause of death is pending further forensic examination.
Read More: Coroner identifies 2 women killed in Upstate crash
