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Tega Cay crash kills Fort Mill motorcyclist and Charlotte passenger

A motorcycle and a car collided Saturday morning at West Highway 160 and Tillberg Way in Tega Cay, killing two people. Investigators are still working to determine what happened.

Tega Cay crash kills Fort Mill motorcyclist and Charlotte passenger

A 26-year-old Fort Mill man and a 31-year-old Charlotte woman died after a car and motorcycle collided early Saturday, Oct. 17, in Tega Cay, authorities said.

Gabriel Williams was driving the motorcycle north on West Highway 160 with passenger Aeryn Sutherland when a car traveling in the opposite direction attempted to turn left onto Tillberg Way, according to a release from officials. The vehicles collided near the North Carolina-South Carolina border.

Williams died at the scene. Sutherland died after being taken to a hospital, authorities said.

Officials had not released information about the car driver’s condition. As of Monday, investigators were still examining the circumstances of the crash, and the York County Coroner’s Office said medical reports, including toxicology results, were pending. Authorities had not announced whether charges were expected.

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