Charges pending after Monday morning U.S. 278 crash

Charges are pending after all lanes of US 278 at Buck Island Road were closed for a brief time Monday morning by a two-vehicle crash.

Witnesses told the Bluffton Police Department that Susie Seelbach was traveling westbound on 278 when she made an abrupt left turn toward Buck Island Road around 10:30 a.m., according to the police department news release.

As Seelbach turned, an eastbound car driven by Wei Kevin Chen was struck, the release said.

A medical helicopter was called to the scene to transport Seelbach.

Chen was taken by ambulance to the hospital for non-life-threatening injures.

The investigation is ongoing.

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This story was originally published December 22, 2015 at 11:11 AM with the headline "Charges pending after Monday morning U.S. 278 crash."