Okatie traffic circle blocked nearly 2 hours Monday after loaded truck overturns
Update at 5:20 p.m.: The truck has been set upright and moved to the shoulder of the highway just outside the traffic circle.
A loaded dump truck overturned Monday afternoon at the traffic circle at May River Road and S.C. 170 in Okatie, according to a post on the Bluffton Police Department’s Facebook page at 3:30 p.m.
Officers were directing traffic, and eastbound vehicles were being re-routed down New Riverside Drive, according to a news release from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.
Emergency vehicles were on the scene, the news release said. There was no information available about injuries.
Drivers should expect delays and avoid the area if possible.
Google Maps showed traffic building in the area around the traffic circle.
This story was originally published December 7, 2020 at 4:12 PM.
