Update: Victim of fatal crash near Ridgeland identified
An 18-year-old from Bluffton was killed in a Jasper County crash Friday evening.
Caleb Whiteleather died in a crash on S.C. 462 near Dawson Landing north of Ridgeland just after 8 p.m. Friday, Jasper County Coroner Martin Sauls III said. The young man was a student at Winthrop University, his family told the coroner.
A Ford pickup truck heading south on S.C. 462 allegedly crossed over the center line and struck the Ford Mustang Whiteleather was driving north head-on, South Carolina Highway Patrol Cpl. Sonny Collins said.
Information about charges and the truck driver’s identity were not immediately available.
This story will be updated.
Joan McDonough: 843-706-8125, @IPBG_Joan
This story was originally published January 8, 2017 at 11:49 AM with the headline "Update: Victim of fatal crash near Ridgeland identified."