POMARIA, S.C. (AP) - A man was charged with boating while intoxicated and not using his running lights after a crash on a South Carolina river killed two people, investigators said.
Dylan Steele was piloting one of three boats heading back to a landing in Newberry County when the crash happened around 9:45 p.m. Saturday on the Broad River near Heller’s Creek Landing, authorities said.
Steele’s boat hit another vessel. One victim was found shortly after the wreck, but could not be resuscitated, while the other body was found later in the water, investigators said.
Autopsies are pending on Jamie Lindler, 27, of Chapin and Andrew Bunnell, 28, of Irmo, the Newberry County Coroner’s Office said.
Steele, 26 was charged with two counts of felony boating under the influence causing death and operating a vessel with no running lights after sundown, the state Department of Natural Resources said.
Jail records did not indicate if he had a lawyer.
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