Heads up for your evening commute: Lady’s Island crash blocking traffic near bridge

By Stephen Fastenau

Updated March 6, 2019 5:35 PM

An accident on Lady’s Island might affect your evening commute if you’re traveling in the Beaufort area.

A crash on Lady’s Island Drive near McTeer Bridge on Lady’s Island is blocking and backing up traffic, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The bridge will be closed in both directions for an undetermined amount of time, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.

This story will be updated if more information is available

This story was originally published March 6, 2019 at 5:03 PM.

Stephen Fastenau

The Island Packet

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Stephen Fastenau covers Beaufort, Port Royal and the Sea Islands for The Beaufort Gazette and The Island Packet. He has worked for the newspapers since 2010 in various roles as a reporter and assistant editor. His work has been recognized with awards from the S.C. Press Association, including first place for public service as part of a large team reporting on environmental contamination in a Beaufort military community. Fastenau previously wrote for the Columbia County News-Times and Augusta Chronicle. He studied journalism and political science at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and lives in Beaufort. Support my work with a digital subscription

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