Blacksburg High Student Killed In Crash
Coroner: Teen Was Not Wearing Seat Belt
POSTED: 8:07 pm EDT April 5,
2009
UPDATED: 11:21 am EDT April 6,
2009
GAFFNEY, S.C. -- A 17-year-old Blacksburg High School student died Sunday after a single-vehicle crash.Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler identified the victim as Sara Jan Mullinax of 578 Old Buffalo Church Rd.Mullinax was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected on impact, according to Fowler. She was pronounced dead at the scene.Fowler said Mullinax was a front-seat passenger in a 1996 Mercury that was being driven by her sister, 24-year-old Angela Beth White at the time of the crash.According to Fowler, the pair was heading west on Brick House Road at about 4:25 p.m. when White lost control of the vehicle while going around a curve, crossed the center line, overcorrected and overturned.An autopsy has been scheduled to assist with the investigation, which remains ongoing.Mullinax's death marks Cherokee County's second traffic fatality of 2009.
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