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Excessive Speed Cited As Cause Of Crash That Killed Football Player Devin Willock & Georgia Staffer

<p>A crash report released on Tuesday has provided new information about the incident that killed Devin Willock and staff member Chandler LeCroy&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;17&sol;us&sol;uga-football-willock-lecroy-car-crash-tuesday&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">CNN<&sol;a>&comma; the Ford Expedition SUV exceeded the speed limit of 40 mph before it hit a curb&period; And left the roadway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1615785745351852054" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">More Details Emerge About The Crash That Killed Devin Willock And Chandler LeCroy<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;17&sol;us&sol;uga-football-willock-lecroy-car-crash-tuesday&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">CNN<&sol;a>&comma; the report has revealed that the Ford Expedition SUV&comma; driven by LeCroy&comma; and carrying Willock and two others&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;failed to negotiate a left curve&period;&&num;8221&semi; This resulted &&num;8220&semi;in the vehicle striking a curb with its front passenger tire and leaving the roadway&period;” From there&comma; the SUV struck a Georgia Power Pole and &&num;8220&semi;another utility pole cutting them in half&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the SUV hit the two poles&comma; it reportedly &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;struck a tree with its rear passenger quarter panel&period;&&num;8221&semi; This caused the vehicle to &&num;8220&semi;begin rotating clockwise where it struck another tree with its driver’s side&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Willock&comma; who was seated behind LeCroy and not wearing a seatbelt&comma; was ejected from the vehicle when &&num;8220&semi;it landed against the corner of an apartment building&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 20-year-old football player died at the scene&period; And 24-year-old LeCroy was pronounced dead at a hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1615793647919992832" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The report reveals that the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;First Harmful Event” in the accident was the SUV hitting the curb&period; And the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Most Harmful Event” was the SUV hitting the tree&period; However&comma; the report does not reveal the speed at which the vehicle was traveling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition&comma; alcohol and drug tests were not administered to LeCroy at the crash site&period; But <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;17&sol;us&sol;uga-football-willock-lecroy-car-crash-tuesday&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">CNN<&sol;a> has reportedly reached out to the Athens-Clarke County coroner for the woman&&num;8217&semi;s toxicology results via her autopsy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Injuries That The Two Other Passengers Received<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to the outlet&comma; 26-year-old Victoria Bowles was sitting in the back seat on the passenger side of the vehicle&period; And she suffered multiple injuries during the collision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bowles was transported to the hospital following the crash&period; But the type of injuries that she has sustained has reportedly been &&num;8220&semi;redacted&&num;8221&semi; in the newly released crash report&period; The report&comma; however&comma; does reveal that Bowles was not wearing a seat belt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"paragraph inline-placeholder" data-uri&equals;"archive&period;cms&period;cnn&period;com&sol;&lowbar;components&sol;paragraph&sol;instances&sol;paragraph&lowbar;291CECAD-E3A4-36B5-6A85-C2617AD9BEB3&commat;published" data-editable&equals;"text" data-component-name&equals;"paragraph" data-analytics-observe&equals;"off">Warren McClendon&comma; the 21-year-old seated next to LeCroy&comma; reportedly sustained a laceration to his head&period; His father has since informed the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;onlineathens&period;com&sol;story&sol;sports&sol;college&sol;bulldogs-extra&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;15&sol;georgia-football-ol-warren-mcclendon-doing-well-after-crash&sol;69810401007&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Athens Banner-Herald<&sol;a> that McClendon is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;doing well&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p data-uri&equals;"archive&period;cms&period;cnn&period;com&sol;&lowbar;components&sol;paragraph&sol;instances&sol;paragraph&lowbar;291CECAD-E3A4-36B5-6A85-C2617AD9BEB3&commat;published" data-editable&equals;"text" data-component-name&equals;"paragraph" data-analytics-observe&equals;"off">Lil Warren was in the car that was involved in the accident and he is doing well&period; We are asking everyone to pray for Devin Willock and Chandler LeCroy’s family&period; We are with lil Warren and will let everyone know more later&period; Thank you for your prayers&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>McClendon&&num;8217&semi;s father added that his son is &&num;8220&semi;devastated&&num;8221&semi; over the loss of his friend Willock&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>…He is devastated about the loss of his roommate and close friend&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Aftermath Of Willock And LeCroy&&num;8217&semi;s Tragic Passing<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Cncj7Wev4z4&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; the crash occurred early Sunday morning&period; And the accident took place hours after the Georgia Bulldogs celebrated their National Championship victory with a parade and ceremony inside Sanford Stadium&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cncj7Wev4z4" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;17&sol;us&sol;uga-football-willock-lecroy-car-crash-tuesday&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">CNN<&sol;a>&comma; Devin Willock joined the team as a freshman in 2020&period; And played on the offensive line in all 15 of the team’s games this past season&period; Chandler LeCroy was a football recruiting analyst for the team&period; McClendon is an offensive lineman who just revealed that he will begin preparing for the NFL draft on Saturday&period; And Bowles is a member of the Georgia football staff&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The University of Georgia Athletics has shared more information for those interested in supporting the Willock and LeCroy&&num;8217&semi;s families&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1615493134162722816" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1614643630316163072" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The police investigation into the crash is still ongoing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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