RICHLAND COUNTY, SC : Westwood High School student-athlete dies in car crash on Thursday, March 29th 2017

The Westwood High School community is mourning the loss of an 11th-grade student who was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Blythewood on Thursday night.

Ellis Hawkins, 16, was a passenger in a car with two other teenagers that collided with another vehicle on Wilson Boulevard near Fulmer Road around 6 p.m. Coroner Gary Watts confirmed Hawkins' identity and said he was restrained in the back seat at the time of the accident.

Watts says Hawkins died three hours after the accident.

Hawkins played varsity basketball and football at Westwood High.

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Westwood High School student-athlete dies in car crash