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A vehicle being driven by Brandon Simpkins was struck by a tractor-trailer, resulting in a fiery crash that killed six. The accident occured near Exit 41 on the westbound side of Interstate 26. Brandon Simpkins, Jermy Givens-Reedus, the front-seat passenger, and three children identified as 3-year-old Aliyah Sarai Vemira Simpkins, 6-year-old Rachael Naomi Simpkins and 4-year-old LesLeigh Robin Natalie Simpkins all died in the crash.
At about 1 p.m. Tuesday outside Mary Black Memorial Hospital, Ashton Hughes, 19, died in a car crash as she was leaving a hospital appointment in Spartanburg County. Her Honda van apparently ran into an SUV that was stopped at a traffic signal on Skylyn Drive at Drayton Road. Hughes was pregnant, and the twins she was carrying survived, as did her 11-month-old baby that was also in the car. That baby was uninjured. The driver of the SUV, a Pauline woman, was also not injured in the accident.