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Luke Sherashenkov

Age : 15

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/15/2026

Location : U.S. Highway 221 and Fosters Grove Road

City : Chesnee

County : Spartanburg

State : South Carolina

Agency : Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies attempted to make contact with the occupants of a 2013 Ford Fusion at approximately 2 a.m. Sheriff Bill Rhyne said the incident was connected to a burglary at a nearby business and that at least one occupant of the vehicle may have been involved. The publicly available reporting reviewed so far does not establish that deputies knew who was in the vehicle or had identified a particular occupant as responsible for the burglary before the pursuit began.
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NARRATIVE:
On 08/15/2026, 15-year-old Luke Sherashenkov of Spartanburg was killed when a Ford Fusion in which he was a passenger crashed into a tree and caught fire during a pursuit by the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office. Driver Danny Kravtsov, 17, and passenger Gennadii Kretov, 19, were also killed.
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The encounter began at approximately 2 a.m. when Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies attempted to make contact with the occupants of the Ford Fusion. Sheriff Bill Rhyne said the incident was connected to a burglary at a nearby business and that the occupants drove away from deputies.
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The pursuit continued onto Foster Grove Road. At approximately 2:08 a.m., while traveling near the intersection with U.S. Highway 221, the Ford Fusion left the right side of the roadway, struck a tree and immediately caught fire.
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Sherashenkov and the other two occupants died at the scene. The fire was so severe that authorities initially could not identify the victims. Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger subsequently identified all three through dental records.
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The coroner identified Sherashenkov as a passenger. The cause of death remained pending as of 08/19/2026.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office has not publicly identified the deputy or deputies who initiated and participated in the pursuit.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wyff4.com/article/teens-killed-chase-fiery-crash-spartanburg/73466044
https://www.postandcourier.com/spartanburg/news/spartanburg-fiery-crash-police-chase-ids/article_cd38d0b2-9535-4b59-bd88-6d17ec502b5e.html
https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/sc-news/2026-08-19/spartanburg-coroner-identifies-three-teens-who-died-in-fiery-crash-after-weekend-chase