Traffic

Traffic still backed up through Bluffton hours after crash on Hilton Head bridges Tuesday

UPDATE: The crash has been cleared, according to authorities.

A crash on the Hilton Head Island bridges Tuesday morning has tied up traffic for hours for eastbound drivers through Bluffton on U.S. 278 and on the Bluffton Parkway.

A Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office alert was sent at 7:10 a.m. reporting a crash and lanes blocked heading onto the island.

As of around 10:30 a.m., traffic cameras show vehicles lined up nearly to Buckwalter Parkway on U.S. 278 and to the Tanger 1 Outlets on Bluffton Parkway.

Westbound lanes appeared to be clear.

This story will be updated with the latest information.

A crash reported at around 7:10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, impacted traffic heading onto Hilton Head Island and a line of cars stretched all the way back to Simmonsville Road.
A crash reported at around 7:10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, impacted traffic heading onto Hilton Head Island and a line of cars stretched all the way back to Simmonsville Road. File


This story was originally published April 19, 2022 at 8:21 AM.

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Jake Shore is a senior writer covering breaking news for The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette. He reports on criminal justice, police, and the courts system in Beaufort and Jasper Counties. Jake originally comes from sunny California and attended school at Fordham University in New York City. In 2020, Jake won a first place award for beat reporting on the police from the South Carolina Press Association.
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