Police identify driver killed in Lexington Memorial Day weekend crash

One person is dead after a car crash in Lexington, South Carolina on Memorial Day weekend, police said.

The one-car accident occurred at 9:20 p.m. Monday and involved only one car with only one person, the driver, said S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Tyler Tidwell.

Authorities have identified the driver as William Rikard Swygert, 22, of Leesville, according to a release from the Lexington County Coroner’s office.

The driver was traveling east on Rocking Creek road — a country road roughly 13 miles northeast of Batesburg-Leesville — when the car veered off the road to the right then over-corrected, rolling the car and throwing the driver from the sunroof, Tidwell said. The driver was not wearing a seat belt, Tidwell said.

Swygert was transported to Prisma Health Richland and later died from his or her injuries, Tidwell said.

This story was originally published June 1, 2021 at 10:04 AM.