3 injured in Sunday night crash on Hilton Head, officials say

Three people were injured in a crash late Sunday on Hilton Head Island, according to Hilton Head Fire Marshal Joheida Fister.

A car was turning left from U.S. 278 onto Gum Tree Road past the entrance to the Cross Island Parkway around 10 p.m. Sunday when it was struck by a car traveling westbound, Maj. Bob Bromage with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.

Three women and one man were involved in the crash, he said. Two ambulances responded to the scene and took three female patients to Hilton Head Hospital, Fister said.

There was no word on their condition Monday.

It took nearly an hour to clear the scene, where shattered glass and car parts littered the entire intersection. Lanes were closed late Sunday.

The speed limit in the area is 45 mph.

This story was originally published October 21, 2019 at 3:12 PM.

Katherine Kokal

The Island Packet

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Katherine Kokal graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and joined The Island Packet newsroom in 2018. Before moving to the Lowcountry, she worked as an interviewer and translator at a nonprofit in Barcelona and at two NPR member stations. At The Island Packet, Katherine covers Hilton Head Island’s government, environment, development, beaches and the all-important Loggerhead Sea Turtle. She has earned South Carolina Press Association Awards for in-depth reporting, government beat reporting, business beat reporting, growth and development reporting, food writing and for her use of social media.