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A crash that killed two people early Tuesday on U.S. 17 Bypass pushed Horry County to the state's top spot for traffic fatalities, leaving some officials to question whether the main issue is a problem with drivers or with local roads. Two guest workers were killed in a hit-and-run crash on U.S. 17 Bypass near Mr. Joe White Avenue, bringing the county's death toll to 40 fatalities. Counties with ...

Police have charged a woman in connection with a hit-and-run crash early Tuesday morning that killed two people in Horry County. Ashley Smith, 21, of Conway was charged Wednesday with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving death, said Lance Cpl. Sonny Collins of the S.C. Highway Patrol. Collins couldn't say whether Smith turned herself in..