South Carolina News Anchor And Photojournalist Die After Tree Falls On Their Vehicle
May 29, 2018
South Carolina News Anchor And Photojournalist Die After Tree Falls On Their Vehicle
News anchor Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer from NBC Affiliate WYFF News 4 in South Carolina died on Monday when a tree fell on their vehicle while they were reporting on a storm in the Polk County Area.
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According to the WYFF News 4 website, the accident happened on Highway 176 in Polk County. The two were reporting on Subtropical Storm Alberto, which made landfall on the Florida Panhandle Monday.
McCormick joined the WYFF News 4 team in April 2007 as a reporter and went on to become a news anchor in 2014. Smeltzer joined the WYFF News 4 team earlier this year in February.
The team at WYFF released a statement in regards to the incident saying: “All of us at WYFF News 4 are grieving. We are a family and we thank you, our extended family, for your comfort as we mourn and as we seek to comfort the families of Mike and Aaron.”
WYFF News 4 anchor Mike McCormick and WYFF News 4 photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer died Monday when a tree fell on their SUV. https://t.co/VZZKA6K6qq All of us at WYFF News 4 are grieving. We are a family. pic.twitter.com/IQmZ6prUIH
— WYFF News 4 (@wyffnews4) May 28, 2018