Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said 2 teens died in a two-vehicle accident on Aug. 20 at the intersection of Edmund Highway and Old Dunbar Road in West Columbia.

According to Coroner Fisher, Alexis Nicole Evans, 18, of West Columbia and Maliyah Claire Scott, 18, of Lexington were traveling W. Dunbar Road, attempting to cross Edmund Highway to Old Dunbar Road when another vehicle failed to yield right of way. Evans, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced deceased on scene due to her injuries while Ms. Scott, who was wearing a seatbelt, was transported to an area hospital where she later died from the injuries she sustained in the accident.