Update: Coroner names pedestrian killed Sunday while crossing the street on Hilton Head
The Beaufort County Coroner’s Office has released the name of a pedestrian who died Sunday following a crash on Hilton Head, marking at least the third such death in Beaufort County this month.
Steven Younce, 59, of Grand Blanc, Michigan, died Sunday from blunt force trauma following the crash, Beaufort County Chief Deputy Coroner Debbie Youmans said.
The crash, according to Highway Patrol spokesman Tyler Tidwell, happened around 11:03 p.m. on William Hilton Parkway near Mathews Drive. A 2007 Saturn carrying three people was headed west on U.S. 278 while the pedestrian, Younce, was walking south across the road. The Saturn then hit the pedestrian, Tidwell said.
None of the people in the car were hurt.
This is the third pedestrian death in Beaufort County this month. In the previous incidents, two Beaufort men — Robert McCoy, 59, and 58-year-old Bruce Singleton — were killed.
In 2022, at least 22 people died in Beaufort County crashes and 19 were killed in Jasper County, according to the latest available data from the Department of Public Safety.
This story has been updated.
This story was originally published January 16, 2023 at 10:52 AM.
