Davenport, 40, of Prosperity, was being pursued by the Saluda Sheriff’s Office after failing to stop for a traffic check on Highway 391 early Wednesday. His passenger, Stephanie Brown, was hospitalized.
The Saluda Sheriff’s Department tried to pull the truck over around 1 a.m., but Davenport refused to stop and made back-and-forth turns onto 10 roads before the chase ended on Old Dutch Road.
As the truck crossed into Newberry County, a Newberry County Sheriff’s deputy joined in to back up the Saluda car, says Sid Gaulden, spokesman for the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Shortly after entering Newberry County, the Saluda Sheriff’s Department called the chase off, though Gaulden says the decision to end the pursuit was not because the truck entered a new county.
Then, the Newberry deputy called off the chase because the truck was not visible, but still followed the route of the truck at regular speed.
About a mile down Old Dutch Road, a few miles outside of Little Mountain, the deputy found the pickup truck overturned in the middle of the road at 1:36 a.m.
“[The truck] ran off the left side of the road, it overturned, the driver was ejected and the vehicle came to rest in the middle of the roadway,” says Gaulden.
The driver, Davenport, was lying facedown on the edge of the roadway. He suffered head injuries and was airlifted to Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital.
Brown, 39, of Batesburg, was trapped in the truck and injured. Brown was transported by EMS to Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital.
Davenport died around 5:15 a.m. Wednesday, Gaulden says.
Neither Davenport nor Brown was wearing seatbelts and troopers are unsure if alcohol was involved in the crash.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol Multi-Disciplinary Accident Investigation Team, specially trained troopers of the patrol division who investigate collisions, is continuing its investigation, says Gaulden.
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