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An Edgefield County man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Aiken County.

Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables said the accident took place April 27 around 4 p.m. in the 1100 block of Chinquapin Church Road in Monetta.

The driver, 33-year-old Kevon Parker of Johnston, was driving unrestrained in a 2005 Pontiac sedan.

Ables said Parker was traveling west on Chinquapin Church Road when the vehicle ran off the right side of the road on a curve, over corrected, ran off the left side of the road and struck a tree.

Ables said Parker was pronounced dead on the scene from blunt force injuries.

The accident is being investigated by the coroner’s office. A toxicology analysis is pending.

Bianca covers public safety, courts and other news for the Aiken standard. Follow her on X at @biancarmooman.

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