Driver charged with 2 counts felony DUI in SC moped deaths

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — The driver of a sports utility vehicle has been charged with two counts of felony DUI and a hit-and-run charge after two people riding a moped were struck and killed in Florence County.

Authorities tell local media outlets that 47-year-old Jerome Green and 32-year-old Tameika McLean, both of Effingham, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident that happened about 5:45 a.m. on Sunday near Florence.

They say that 26-year-old Henry Lee McKenzie of Lake City has been charged in the incident. It was not immediately known if he had an attorney.