Update: Road clear to Bluffton from northern Beaufort Co. after Friday morning crash

A crash in northern Beaufort County early Friday morning temporarily blocked traffic headed toward Bluffton.

A wreck at about 6:30 a.m. at the intersection of Savannah Highway and Robert Smalls Parkway near the Broad River Bridge blocked all traffic headed south, the Beaufort Police Department said in a Facebook post. Photos by Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department showed a silver vehicle that collided with a tractor trailer carrying cargo vans.

Beaufort County traffic cameras showed the road was clear and traffic flowing at 7:45 a.m.

No information about whether anyone was injured was immediately available.

This story was originally published November 15, 2019 at 7:25 AM.

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