sport news UGA OL Devin Willock was NOT wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the car ... trends now
Georgia football player Devin Willock was not wearing a seat belt when he was ejected from the vehicle in a weekend crash that killed him and a recruiting staff member, police said.
A police report released Tuesday listed excessive speed on a road with a 40 mph (64 kph) limit as one of the primary causes of the crash.
The wreck occurred at 2:45 a.m. Sunday in Athens, less than two miles from the university campus. A few hours earlier, the Bulldogs held a parade through town and a ceremony at Sanford Stadium honoring their second straight national championship.
UGA OL Devin Willock was not wearing his seatbelt when a car driven by Chandler LeCroy lost control and hit multiple objects, police say. Willock was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 20-year-old Willock, an offensive lineman for the Bulldogs, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle, 24-year-old recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy, died shortly after being taken to a hospital.
Two other people were in the car, including offensive lineman Warren McClendon, who had just announced Saturday he will enter the NFL draft.
Like LeCroy, McClendon was wearing a shoulder and lap restraint while seated in the right front passenger seat, police said. He sustained only minor injuries, which the report from Athens-Clarke County police described as a laceration on the forehead.
Another member of the Georgia football staff, Victoria Bowles, was hospitalized with serious injuries. She was sitting in the backseat with Willock and not wearing a seat belt, the report said.
Willock was ejected from the vehicle when it crashed, leading to his death just after celebrating Georgia's national championship victory in a parade just hours earlier
Police investigators said the 2021 Ford Expedition "failed to negotiate a left curve, resulting in the vehicle striking the curb with its front passenger tire and leaving
