SC Man Jeff Coswell ID’d As Victim In Saturday Evening Fatal Gaston Crash

GASTON, SC. (THECOUNT) — Jeff Coswell has been identified as the victim killed in a car accident in Gaston, South Carolina on Saturday evening, according to reports.

Coswell, 49, was traveling as a passenger in a vehicle when he died in a collision on U.S. 321 in Gaston around 7 p.m. Saturday.

The vehicle Coswell was traveling, for unknown reasons, crossed centerlines and exited the roadway.

Coswell, who was not wearing a seat belt when the collision occurred, was ejected from the vehicle.

He was pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

The driver of the vehicle, who has not been identified, was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, reports WISTV.

Highway Patrol is investigating.

Geo quick facts: Gaston is a town in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,645 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. South Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state known for its shoreline of subtropical beaches and marshlike sea islands. Coastal Charleston is a historic city, defined by pastel-colored houses, Old South plantations and Fort Sumter, where the Civil War’s opening shots were fired. To the north is the Grand Strand, a roughly 60-mile stretch of beachfront known for golf courses and the vacation town Myrtle Beach – wikipedia.