POLK COUNTY, N.C. -- NBC-affiliate station WYFF in Greenville, S.C., is mourning the loss of its news crew.
According to the station's website, news anchor Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer were both killed after a tree fell on their SUV while they were on-assignment Monday.
The fatal accident took place on U.S. 176 in Polk County, N.C. The two were covering the heavy rain in that area, according to WYFF's website.
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster took to Twitter to offer his condolences.
"It is with heavy hearts that Peggy and I lift up our prayers tonight," Gov. McMaster tweeted.
McCormick had worked for the station since 2007 and Smeltzer was the station's photographer in the Spartanburg bureau, according to WYFF's website.