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Beloved coach dies after hitting wayward horse
Posted: 01.27.2012 at 2:49 PM
Drew Stewart

Drew Stewart joined the WACH Fox News assignment desk in December 2011.

Read more:  Local, Community, News, Scott's Branch High School, Coach Hits Horse, Sumter County, Clarendon County, Freak Accident, Ruth Coard, Coach Dies in Fatal Accident, Basketball Coach Dies, Car Hits Horse, Coach Not Wearing Seatbelt, Ruth Coard and Son Involved in Car Accident, Highway 378, Highway 763, Fatal Accident East of Sumter, Ruth Coard Hits Horse with Car

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Ruth "Ms. Cookie" Coard  / Konstantin Vengerowsky/ The Clarendon Citizen
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SUMMERTON,SC (WACH) - Friday morning, when faculty, students and staff arrived at Scott's Branch High School, theyfound out that one of their own had passed on.

Ladies' basketball coach Ruth Coard died in a car accident Thursday night after she ran her car into a wayward horse on Hwy.378 near highway 763 just east of Sumter.

Scott's Branch athletics director Leonard Johnson praised Coard, calling her an inspiration.  Johnson said,"Ms. Cookie meant so much (to the school), especially the girls.  She helped them through their transition into young adulthood."
The School cancelled all athletic events for the weekend.
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