A 41-year-old businessman who lost control of his pickup truck and overturned late last Friday died early the next morning, authorities say.
Kevin Wyman Clark, of the 200 block of South Main Street, Dearing, was pronounced dead at 1:36 a.m. Saturday after being flown by helicopter to Medical College of Georgia Hospital in Augusta, according to McDuffie County Coroner Rhusha Mack.
Mr. Clark, who had worked as a field representative at First Franklin Financial in Thomson for several years, died from blunt force trauma to the head, Mr. Mack said.
Trooper First Class Mike Callaway of the Georgia State Patrol post in Grovetown said Mr. Clark was thrown from his pickup truck in a wreck that happened Friday about 11 p.m. while he was traveling along Iron Hill Road. He was not wearing a seat belt.
Personnel with the McDuffie County Emergency Medical Services, as well as firefighters/first responders with the McDuffie County Fire/Rescue Services aided Mr. Clark. Because of the severity of his injuries, a medical helicopter was flown in to get him to the hospital quicker.
Trooper Callaway said Mr. Clark veered off the west shoulder of the roadway and overturned at least once, ejecting him from his Ford F-150.
Funeral services for Mr. Clark were held Monday at Dearing Baptist Church with the Rev. Mike Timmerman officiating. Burial was in Savannah Valley Memorial Gardens near Thomson.
Mr. Clark, a 1987 graduate of Thomson High School, was the son of Wyman and Annie Ruth Clark, of Dearing. Other survivors include sons, Jared Vangelder of New York, Kevin Wesley Clark, Dakota Ray Clark and their mother Shelley Clark, of Evans. He also leaves behind a brother, Michael, a sister, Kim Hallford, and a granddaughter, Haley Vangelder.
Beggs Funeral Home in Thomson was in charge of all arrangements.
