Updated: Coroner Releases Names of 2 Killed in I-26 Head-on Collision

Update: Richland County Coroner Gary Watts has identified the two men who died after one of the men traveling on the wrong side of Interstate 26 collided with the other head-on Wednesday night. 

Marcus G. Hicks, 50, of Irmo, was driving a 2004 GMC pickup eastbound in the westbound lane when he struck a 1989 Toyota pickup that was traveling westbound in the westbound lane, Watts said in a release.

The collision occurred in front of the weigh station at mile marker 93, a quarter mile from Broad River Road around 9:26 p.m., according to both the coroner's office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Nathan R. Yon, 39, of Newberry, was the driver of the Toyota pickup.

Yon was the director of the SC Science Academy and was planning to open the charter school at Richland Mall, according to The State.  

There were no other passengers in either vehicle.  

Both victims were not wearing seat belts and were pronounced dead at the scene, Watts said.  

The South Carolina Highway Patrol continues to investigate.

Original story: Two people were killed on Interstate 26 Wednesday night after their pickup trucks collided head-on, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

The collision happened around 9:26 p.m. about a quarter mile from Broad River Road, Sgt. Bob Beres said.

The driver of a 1989 Toyota pickup was traveling west on I-26 when the driver of a 2004 GMC pickup traveling east in the westbound lane struck the Toyota pickup head-on, Beres said. 

Neither driver was wearing a seat belt. 

The identities of the drivers have not been released by the Richland County Coroner's Office.

The Highway Patrol is investigating. 

This story will be updated.