Update: One hospitalized after crash near Hardeeville Walmart. Wreck was 3rd of morning
1 p.m. update:
One person was transported to a local hospital with injuries after a traffic accident on U.S. 278 near Walmart in Hardeeville on Tuesday morning.
Westbound lanes of the highway were blocked for just over an hour, according to reports from police.
Lance Cpl. Judd Jones of the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the accident happened at 8:50 a.m., when the driver of a 2005 Pontiac sedan went through a light and hit a 2018 Jeep SUV.
The driver of the Jeep had been attempting to cross the highway on University Parkway, Jones said.
Elliott DiBiase, deputy chief of operations for the Hardeeville Fire Department, said one person was transported to Coastal Carolina Hospital for injuries, and another person was treated at the scene.
Lanes were blocked by the accident until 10 a.m., according to the Beaufort County Emergency Management Division.
Google Maps showed traffic was slowed down in both directions along U.S. 278 in the area around the time of the accident.
Other accidents reported
Two other separate accidents in another part of Jasper County also were reported on Tuesday during morning’s commuting hours.
The Highway Patrol responded to an accident at 7:35 a.m. on S.C. 315, also known as Okatie Highway, near Cooks Landing Road, Jones said.
In that collision, the driver of a 2008 Ford pickup traveling south on S.C. 315 crossed the center line and struck a 2014 Ford pickup head-on, according to Jones.
The driver of the 2008 Ford, who was transported to Memorial Health University Medical Center with minor injuries, was charged with driving left of center, Jones said.
The driver of the second pickup was not injured, he said.
Officers also responded to another accident scene about the same time on Speedway Boulevard near Telfair Plantation Drive, according to the Highway Patrol’s real-time traffic information system.
No injuries were reported in that accident around 8 a.m., and additional details were not available.
This story was originally published September 18, 2018 at 10:09 AM.