Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher

1 killed, juvenile injured in Lexington crash

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a single vehicle accident in the 2300 block of South Lake Drive at approximately 3 a.m., Sunday. According to Fisher, Mr. Charles Lamar Chestnut, 22, of Lexington was traveling westbound towards Lexington when his vehicle went off the left side of the roadway, […]

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Coroner releases the name of the West Columbia woman killed in crash

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the person killed in the 2600 block of Mineral Springs Road shortly after 3 p.m. in the Town of Lexington, Tuesday. According to Fisher, Mrs. Wanda Williams Nichols, 64, of West Columbia was killed when the car she was driving collided with another vehicle. Mrs. […]

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Lexington County Coroner identifies man killed in dirt bike collision with a truck

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the person killed in a vehicle vs. motorcycle accident that occurred Thursday at approximately 5:30 a.m. on Highway 6 at Mimosa Drive in Gaston. According to Fisher, Mr. Christopher Scott Ledbetter, 39, of Gaston was operating a dirt bike with no lights  when he failed […]

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Coroner identifies man killed in Lexington County crash

US 321 Traffic Fatality Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the person killed in a two-vehicle collision in Lexington County on Saturday at approximately 3 a.m. on US 321 near Phaeton Drive in Gaston. Fisher states that Robert Adams Jr., 40, of Columbia was driving a Lincoln SUV travelling south on […]

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2 teens die in West Columbia crash, coroner identifies

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher is releasing the identities of the two individualswho died in a two vehicle accident on Friday at the intersection of EdmundHighway and Old Dunbar Road in West Columbia. According to Fisher, Alexis Nicole Evans, 18, of West Columbia and Maliyah ClaireScott, 18, of Lexington were traveling W. Dunbar Road, attempting […]

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Lexington man dies 2 weeks after being injured in a motorcycle crash

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher on Monday released the identity of the person who was killed in a motorcycle vs. vehicle accident on July 31. The collision occurred at the intersection of West Columbia Avenue and Oak Street in Batesburg. According to Coroner Fisher, Morgan Lyle Bevensee, 59, of Lexington was riding his motorcycle while […]

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Lexington County Coroner identifies man killed in officer-involved shooting on I-26

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the suspect killed in the shooting incident on I-26 EB at exit 91 in Lexington County Sunday night. According to Coroner Fisher, Mr. Phillip John Walden, 40, of Taylors was killed during this incident.  Mr. Walden died at the scene due to multiple gunshot wounds […]

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14-year-old killed in West Columbia shooting is identified by coroner

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the teen killed in the 800 block of Osage Ave in West Columbia at approximately 1 p.m., Saturday. Fisher stated that Mr. Daeun Mercelis Odom, 14, of Gaston was found dead on scene with an apparent gunshot wound to the upper body. The West Columbia […]

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