Victim identified after car found in Hilton Head lagoon, coroner says
The woman who died after her vehicle rolled into a lagoon on Hilton Head Island this week has been identified by the Beaufort County Coroner’s Office.
Helen Connors, 90, of Bluffton, died on the scene on Tuesday, March 31, at around 7:30 p.m., after the 2000 Lincoln SUV she was operating went off the road and into a lagoon at 3 South Beach Lagoon Drive in the Sea Pines community, according to a press release issued Friday morning from the Beaufort County Coroner’s Office.
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is the investigating police agency, the coroner said.
Connors was the sole occupant of the vehicle, officials previously said.
State troopers believe the SUV rolled into the lagoon Tuesday evening and went unnoticed until the following morning. Beaufort County deputies received the report of the submerged vehicle around 7:50 a.m. Wednesday after the call was transferred from fire crews, a sheriff’s office spokesperson said.
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This story was originally published April 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM.