Update: Suspect in head-on collision on SC 170 in Bluffton put on ICE hold

One driver was airlifted after a head-on collision closed S.C. 170 between the Heritage and New Riverside neighborhoods for several hours Sunday night, according to the Bluffton Police Department.

A white Ford Econoline van with South Carolina tags traveling west toward Savannah apparently crossed lanes and struck a black Mitsubishi Lancer with Georgia tags head-on just after 7 p.m., said Joy Nelson, police department spokesman.

She said the van's driver allegedly left his vehicle and went into the nearby woods.

"He was apprehended quickly," Nelson said. She said on Sunday that he was undergoing drug and alcohol tests.

The van's driver was identified as David Reyes Reyes, 33, of Mungin Creek Road in Hardeeville, Nelson confirmed on Monday morning.

Reyes was booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center at 1:03 a.m. Monday and faces charges of felony driving under the influence with great bodily injury and driving without a license, according to inmate records. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold was added Monday afternoon.

Bond was set at $150,000 on the DUI charge and $232.50 on the driver's license charge, Reyes' inmate record shows.

WSAV reported Reyes' prior arrest history starting in 2006 — driving without a license twice, driving on the wrong side of the road and DUI.

The driver of the Mitsubishi that had been headed east toward Bluffton was trapped in the vehicle, Nelson said. She said that driver was airlifted to an area hospital in critical condition.

The police report alleges that the van involved in the collision had been reported earlier for reckless driving in the area of Haigler Boulevard and May River Road.

Reyes admitted to a police officer that he had had three beers, the report says.

Witnesses told police officers that the van ran off the right side of the road then swerved across the double yellow lines into oncoming traffic.

Nelson said officers kept the route closed after the accident to reconstruct the accident for investigation purposes.

"We need to keep the road closed so they can get photos and measurements," Nelson said on Sunday. "They will look at skid marks and try to determine how far back they go. That is all a part of the investigation."

Drivers were asked for a time to avoid the area, and traffic was rerouted through a nearby neighborhood.

The lanes were reopened just before 10 p.m.

This story was originally published June 17, 2018 at 9:08 PM with the headline "Update: Suspect in head-on collision on SC 170 in Bluffton put on ICE hold."