Man died before Harbison crash, Richland County Coroner says
An Irmo man died before he was involved in a crash on Harbison Boulevard, the Richland County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday.
The crash occurred just before 4:30 p.m. Monday, when Charles F. Sowell ran off Harbison, Coroner Gary Watts said in a news release.
The 71-year-old had a heart attack before the collision on the Columbia road, according to the release.
Sowell was driving from Harbison toward the westbound lanes of Interstate 26 when he veered off the entrance ramp and went down an embankment, Watts said.
Emergency responders took Sowell to an area hospital where he died just before 5:30 p.m., according to the release.
The coroner’s office performed an autopsy and determined Sowell’s cause of death was due to a cardiac event, and there was no trauma related to the death.
The death is remains under investigation by the coroner’s office and the Columbia Police Department.
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