Ice to blame for violent Saturday morning crash in Hardeeville. Victim identified
The Jasper County Fire-Rescue Facebook page is reporting a serious accident that happened on Plantation Drive in front of Gaster Lumber in Hardeeville.
According to Garrett Lucas, spokesman for Jasper County Fire-Rescue, crews arrived on the scene just after midnight Saturday to find a vehicle overturned in the trees, and a man ejected from the vehicle.
The man was identified by South Carolina Highway Patrol spokesman Lance Cpl. Judd Jones as 31--year-old Hardeeville resident Barney Black.
Black was moved to a landing zone and then transported to a a trauma center at Savannah Memorial Hospital, according to Lucas. He had what Lucas characterized as “life threatening injuries,” though his current condition is unknown.
Black lost control of his vehicle after hitting a patch of ice while traveling west on Plantation Drive, Jones said. The vehicle went off the road and into a ditch, striking a utility box and a tree.
Plantation Drive was briefly shut down early Saturday morning while crews removed the vehicle from the scene, Lucas said.
Michael Olinger: 843-706-8107, @mikejolinger
This story was originally published January 6, 2018 at 10:42 AM with the headline "Ice to blame for violent Saturday morning crash in Hardeeville. Victim identified."