Excessive speed is listed as the cause of the crash that killed Georgia footballer Devin Willock after the team won the national title.

Police say Georgia football player Devin Willock was not wearing a seat belt when he was ejected from his car in a weekend crash that killed himself and a human resources officer.

A police report released Tuesday lists speeding on a 40-mph road as one of the main causes of the crash.

The crash happened at 2:45 am Sunday in Athens, less than two miles from the university campus. A few hours earlier, the Bulldogs held a parade through the city and a ceremony at Sanford Stadium to celebrate their second national championship in a row.

Willock, a 20-year-old forward for the Bulldogs, died at the scene. The driver of the car, 24-year-old recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy, died shortly after being taken to the hospital.

There were two other people in the car, including offensive lineman Warren McClendon, who had just announced on Saturday that he would enter the NFL Draft.

Police said that, like Lecroy, McClendon was wearing shoulder and knee restraints while sitting in the right front passenger seat. He sustained only minor injuries, which the Athens-Clark County Police report describes as a laceration in the middle of his head.

Another member of the Georgia football staff, Victoria Bowles, was hospitalized with multiple serious injuries. The report says she was sitting in the back seat with Willock and was not wearing a seatbelt.

Police investigators said the 2021 Ford Expedition “failed to make a left turn, causing the vehicle to hit the curb with its front passenger wheel and run off the west shoulder of the roadway.”

The SUV struck a Georgia power pylon and another power pylon, cutting them in half, before crashing into a tree on the rear passenger quarter panel. This caused the car to turn clockwise before it crashed into another tree on the driver’s side where Lecroy and Willock were sitting.

“This caused the car to spin counter-clockwise before finally hitting the apartment building,” the report says, adding that a car parked in front of the block was also hit by a runaway SUV.

The report stated that no alcohol or drug tests were carried out on Lecroy, although the investigation continued. Investigators did not give an approximate speed and did not know about the condition of the driver at the time of the accident.

The report also lists other, unspecified factors.

The accident suddenly turned the festive mood on the Georgia campus into sadness.

“The best roommate, teammate and brother I could ever dream of. I don’t even have words,” tweeted Xavier Truss, who played alongside Willock in the offensive line. “I wish I could hear that stupid laugh one last time. Heaven got a good laugh. Love you forever, Dev.”

Willock was a 6-foot-7, 335-pound redshirted sophomore from New Milford, New Jersey.

He played extensively as a stand-in in the 2022 season and started at right guard in Southeastern Conference victories over Tennessee and Kentucky.

With McClendon and offensive lineman Warren Erickson heading to the NFL Draft, Willock would likely be in contention for the starting position in 2023 as the Bulldogs go for a third straight national title.

Football programs throughout the country expressed their condolences. Nebraska posted the names of Willock and LeCroy on a video board at Memorial Stadium.

“Today our hearts are heavy. No words, just prayers for (Georgia Athletics) and the Devin and Chandler families,” Cornhuskers coach Matt Rule tweeted.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart posted photos of both victims on Twitter hours after the accident.

“Missing you already,” he wrote of Willock. “Thinking of you tonight, Devin.”

Smart said of Lecroy, “Gone too soon. Chandler, I will always remember you for your kind heart.”

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