UPDATED 6:44 AM EDT Aug 31, 2015
GREENVILLE, S.C. —Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans released the names of two children who died Sunday after an SUV crashed into a Greenville bank.
Evans said Micah A. Young, 3, and Tyrin Savahya Young Jr., 5, died in the accident just before 9:15 a.m. Sunday.
The two-vehicle collision sent the SUV into the bank and sparked a blaze on Pleasantburg Drive.
Evans said the 2001 Ford Expedition was driven by the mother of the boys.
Jonathan Bragg of the Greenville Police Department said four people were inside the SUV. The mother and another passenger made it out alive.
A relative said the family was on the way to church.
It wasn't easy for family members to see debris scattered everywhere and a hole in the side of the building.
"I'm real emotional right now because family members, you know, hey, you don't get them every day," said James Brown, a relative of the victims.
Pleasantburg Drive was closed between Pine Knoll Drive and Wade Hampton Boulevard for more than six hours as crews worked at the scene.
A witness told WYFF's Corey Davis that a green pickup truck struck the SUV, and the collision sent the SUV crashing into the bank. The collision sparked flames, according to the witness and confirmed by the coroner's office.
Investigators reconstructed the accident scene Sunday afternoon. Bragg said it would likely be Monday before officials had a clear idea of what happened.
Bragg said no charges have been filed and the investigation continues.
Crews from the Wade Hampton Fire Department, the Greenville City Fire Department, the Parker Fire District, the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Greenville police and EMS responded to the accident.
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A fiery crash killed two young children who were in an SUV that drove through a Greenville bank
Anna Lee, zlee@greenvillenews.com 7:44 a.m. EDT August 31, 2015
A fiery crash killed two young children who were in an SUV that drove through a Greenville bank Sunday morning, authorities said.
Tyrin Savahya Young Jr., 5, and his brother, Micah A. Young, 3, of Greenville, were passengers in a 2001 Ford Expedition being driven by their mother, the Greenville County Coroner's Office said.
Their SUV was on North Pleasantburg Drive near U.S. 29 when it was struck by a pickup truck at about 9:10 a.m., the Coroner's Office said.
The crash sent the SUV into the Arthur State Bank building, where the vehicle then caught fire, the Coroner's Office said.
Both brothers died at the scene. Their mother and another passenger survived.
Autopsies were scheduled for Monday to determine the cause and manner of death.
Greenville police, the Sheriff's Office and the Wade Hampton Fire Department are still investigating. Investigators were at the scene for hours reconstructing the crash Sunday afternoon