Coroner identifies Beaufort men killed in Lady’s Island car crash on Saturday
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 11:30 a.m. Monday to include the identity of the driver who died in the crash.
Two people were killed and another was injured in a Saturday afternoon car crash on Lady’s Island, South Carolina Highway Patrol has reported.
The single-vehicle crash happened around 3 p.m. Saturday, S.C. Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brian Lee said.
The car, a 2019 Chevy Camaro, veered to the left while taking a curve on Brickyard Point Road South before running off the road and hitting a tree.
Beaufort County Coroner David Ott said Sunday that two individuals were pronounced dead at the scene and another was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The two Beaufort residents who died in the crash were identified as Joseph Ravenscroft, 25, and Fernando Olvera-Ugalde, 29, the coroner said.
Olvera-Ugalde was driving the car, and Ravenscroft was riding in the back seat at the time of the crash.
Autopsies were scheduled to take place Monday at the Medical University of South Carolina, Ott said.
This story was originally published March 7, 2021 at 11:50 AM.
