Commuters to Hilton Head tied up for hours Thursday. Traffic was backed up to Bluffton

Traffic was backed up in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 278 heading onto Hilton Head for hours after a three-vehicle crash near Squire Pope Road on Thursday morning, according to Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Maj. Bob Bromage.

Google Maps showed the traffic slowed down all the way back to Hilton Head National Golf Club in Bluffton around 8 a.m. Traffic seemed back to normal just before 11 a.m.

Just before 8 a.m., Bromage said the cars had been moved to the median and the roads were no longer blocked.

No one was injured in the crash, Joheida Fister, Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue Fire Marshal, said.

This story was originally published March 7, 2019 at 8:01 AM.

Lana Ferguson

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Lana Ferguson typically covers stories in northern Beaufort County, Jasper County and Hampton County. She joined The Island Packet & Beaufort Gazette in 2018 as a crime/breaking news reporter. Before coming to the Lowcountry, she worked for publications in her home state of Virginia and graduated from the University of Mississippi, where she was editor-in-chief of the daily student newspaper. Lana was also a fellow at the University of South Carolina’s Media Law School in 2019. Support my work with a digital subscription