The other driver involved in a two-vehicle collision that killed a Chesterfield County deputy has been charged with felony driving under the influence, S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Jeff Gaskins said.
Michael Lambert, 33, of Patrick faces the charge following the July 23 death of Sgt. Darryl Quick, 42, of Cheraw.
Quick, who was off duty at the time of the crash, was killed instantly when the 2000 Cadillac he was driving collided head-on with a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction on U.S. 1, according to S.C. Highway Patrol reports.
The crash happened around 6:55 p.m. about four miles outside McBee.
The day after the crash, Chesterfield County Sheriff Sam Parker sat in his office and remembered all the things that made Quick special to the force.
“(He’s) dedicated, loyal, respectable ...” Parker said. “A great guy and, you know, you just can’t get any better. (He’s) one guy that’s dedicated to me, loyal to this department, loyal to the community.”
Quick had been with the department for about nine years, Parker said last month.
He was probably one of the safest drivers in the entire department, the sheriff added.
Quick was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash as a result of the head trauma, Chesterfield County Coroner Donnie Baker said last month.
Lambert was taken to Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville, where he was treated in the intensive care unit.
Troopers said shortly after the crash that they suspected alcohol was a factor in the collision.
Charges weren’t necessarily contingent on the results of a toxicology test on Lambert, Gaskins said last month.
Quick’s body wasn’t sent for an autopsy because the cause of his death was clear, Baker said.
Troopers also reconstructed the crash to ascertain exactly what happened, Gaskins said.
Quick had served in the U.S. Army for six years. He also previously worked as a correctional officer and served as a police officer in the town of Chesterfield.
Quick’s funeral, attended by more than 1,700 family members, friends and fellow officers, was held July 27 at First Baptist Church in Cheraw.
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