Posted on Mon, Apr. 26,
2004
Lexington man dies after car crash
A Lexington man died early
Sunday morning after
being ejected from his car in a crash
Saturday
night, authorities said.
Travis E. Watford, 27, was
pronounced dead at 1:46 a.m. after being
airlifted to Palmetto
Health Richland, said
Lexington County Deputy Coroner Todd
Caughman.
Watford was driving north on Founders Road when
he lost
control and drove off the side of
the road, striking a utility pole,
mailbox
and trees, said Highway Patrol spokesman Josef
Robinson.
The car then overturned and came to
rest on its side, he
said.
The passenger in the vehicle,
Natalie Quarles, 29, also was
thrown
from the car, Robinson said. Quarles
was taken to Palmetto
Health Richland
with non-life threatening injuries.
Neither Watford
nor Quarles was wearing
a seat belt, he said.
Alcohol is believed
to be a contributing factor
in the crash, he said,
which remains
under investigation
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