Columbia woman killed in car crash identified by Richland County Coroner
A Columbia woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday night, the Richland County Coroner’s Office said.
Frances M. Deberry, 72, died at the scene of the single-vehicle collision, Coroner Gary Watts said in a news release.
The wreck occurred at about 7 p.m. in the 78900 block of Winnsboro Road in Columbia, according to the release.
Deberry was driving a vehicle that ran off the left side of the road and flipped, Watts said.
An autopsy showed that Deberry’s cause of death was traumatic asphyxiation, according to the news release.
The crash remains under investigation by the coroner’s office and South Carolina Highway Patrol.
This story was originally published August 8, 2019 at 5:42 PM.
Noah Feit
The State