Columbia, SC (WLTX) - Richland County Coroner Gary Watts has released the name of the man that died in a car crash late Sunday night.
Coroner Watts says 56-year old Lewis E. McCright, Jr., of Blythewood was traveling on the 8400 block of Fairfield Road around 11:30pm when MccCright ran off the road and struck a tree.
According to officials, McCright was partially ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene from trauma associated with the crash. He was not wearing a seat belt.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol continues to investigate this collision.