The mother and father of Georgia Bulldog soccer participant Devin Willock didn’t attend a Thursday afternoon information convention with a lawyer who says he’s working with the Willock household. Willock’s father says there aren’t any plans for a lawsuit after the crash that claimed the lifetime of his 20 year-old son. Willock and 24 year-old Chandler LeCroy have been killed in final Sunday’s wreck on Barnett Shoals Street in Athens. Two others have been injured. Legal professional Roy Willey says a memorial service and a funeral for Willock is deliberate for subsequent week.
From WSB TV…
Attorneys for the household of Devin Willock introduced Thursday that they aren’t pursuing authorized motion after his demise in a automotive crash final weekend, regardless of an earlier announcement that they deliberate to.
Channel 2′s Tom Regan was in Athens, the place attorneys with Go Huge Harm Legislation appeared to abruptly cancel what they mentioned have been plans to carry a information convention “discussing the authorized actions which are being taken on behalf of the Willock household.”
Attorneys had not specified what authorized actions the household was contemplating, however mentioned they’d discuss civil motion and provides extra particulars concerning the lethal crash.
Willock was a passenger in a automotive pushed by College of Georgia staffer Chandler LeCroy when the she misplaced management of a rented SUV early on Sunday morning in Athens and crashed. LeCroy and Willock, who was sitting behind her, have been each killed. One other Bulldogs participant and workers member have been injured. The wreck got here simply hours after the Bulldogs celebrated their second-consecutive Nationwide Championship with a parade.
On Thursday, the household’s legal professionals mentioned Willock’s mother and father weren’t capable of be on the information convention, however learn a brief assertion on their behalf and mentioned the household wants time to course of their grief. Attorneys walked away with out answering any questions.
Earlier Thursday, Devin’s father, Dave Willock, instructed the Atlanta Journal-Structure that he was not conscious of any lawsuit or press convention and that the university was “compensating us 100%.”
In the crash report released Tuesday, investigators confirmed that the crash was partly brought on by extreme velocity.
Channel 2′s Candace McCowan spoke with Devin’s parents, Sharlene and Dave Willock earlier this week, who mentioned that is the second lethal automotive crash the household needed to cope with. Devin’s half-brother, Jonathan, was killed in a automotive accident years in the past.
The Willocks are nonetheless finalizing funeral plans however plan to have a service in Athens and again in New Jersey.
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