The driver was speeding in the crash that killed University of Georgia footballplayer Devin Willock and staffer Chandler LeCroyon Sunday, police reports showed.
The Ford Expedition then “struck a tree with its rear passenger quarter panel” and the vehicle began “rotating clockwise” before striking another tree on the driver’s side.
Willock had been ejected from the vehicle, according to the report, and died at the scene.
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As the Athens-Clarke County Police Department notes, per a release, four people were in the vehicle during the 2:45 a.m. crash Sunday after the team’s national championship victory celebration, outside UGA’s campus in Athens.
The two passengers who survived the incident, 26-year-old Victoria Bowles and 21-year-old Warren McClendon, sustained injuries during the crash.
Drug and alcohol tests were not administered to LeCroy at the location of the crash, per CNN.
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The crash came just hours after fans packed Sanford Stadium to celebrate the team’s national championship. Former players, likeJordan Davis of the Philadelphia Eagles, and current players, like linebacker Nolan Smith, shared tributes to both Willock and LeCroy on social media.
“Watching them grow and become like family over these few years. There is no grief without love, and we love both of you like family,” Davis wrote.
“Devin and Chandler were two special people who meant so much to the University of Georgia, our football program and our athletic department,“a statement from UGA reads. “We ask that everyone keep their families in your prayers during this very difficult time.”
source: people.com
