Teen Dies in Car Crash after Police Chase

AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)- A  South Carolina teenager lost her life after a police chase lead to a crash Friday night.

NyZarria Kitchings, 16, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

Officials said the accident happened around 11:30 p.m. on Hollow Creek Road near John Nunn Hwy.

Kitchings was the passenger in a 1999 Toyota driven by Willie Albert Seawright Jr, police said.

Investigators said Seawright was fleeing from a Salley Police Department officer when he lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree.

According to the deputy coroner,  Kitchings was not wearing a seat belt.

Seawright was taken to Augusta University Medical Center in critical condition.

The Aiken County Coroner’s Office along with the South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Salley Police Department are investigating.