Investigators have determined that the January crash from the Blossom Street bridge into the Congaree River was a murder-suicide, The State reported.
According to the Columbia Police Department, Denzel Whyatt Jr. was driving with Shannon Y. Mickens as a passenger when the 1999 Ford Explorer crashed through the side railing of the bridge and fell into the Congaree River.
Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Whyatt had a blood-alcohol content of .127 percent and that there were traces of marijuana in both Whyatt’s and Mickens’ systems.
The police report said Mickens had told her sister before the incident that Whyatt said he was going to drive off the Blossom Street bridge.