Update: Driver killed in Jasper County crash on Thursday identified as Ridgeland man

Editor’s note: This story was updated Friday to include the identity of the victim.

A Ridgeland man died in a single-vehicle crash Thursday morning in Jasper County, according to S.C. Highway Patrol.

The incident happened about 6 a.m. on Bees Creek Road near S.C. 462.

The driver, 55-year-old Karl Monty Simpson, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Jasper County coroner Martin Sauls. He was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

Simpson was driving north on Bees Creek Road when his 1995 Honda Accord “ran off the right side of the roadway, struck an embankment and overturned,” Highway Patrol spokesperson Lance Cpl. Matt Southern said.

Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

This story was originally published November 21, 2019 at 9:42 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