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Airman killed in Sumter County accident identified

The coroner described the incident as a single-vehicle crash.

SUMTER, S.C. — The Sumter County Coroner's Office has released the name of a Senior Airman from Dalzell who died in a single-vehicle crash on Sunday morning.

According to Coroner Robbie Baker, the accident happened around 2 a.m. in the 2100 block of Thomas Sumter Highway at the northern city limits of Sumter. In the crash, 25-year-old senior Airman Devin McDonald was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, McDonald was heading south and driving a 2007 Toyota Scion when he left the roadway to the right. The vehicle then struck an embankment and overturned several times.

An autopsy is now scheduled for Tuesday at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.  The South Carolina Highway Patrol, alongside the coroner's office, is investigating the crash and working to determine how it occurred.

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