Makail Smith, 21, died, Mason Deloach, 19, was injured in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Old Palmetto Bluff Road in Bluffton, South Carolina
Passenger killed in early Friday crash on Old Palmetto Bluff Road
One person was killed early Friday from injuries sustained in a single-vehicle accident on Old Palmetto Bluff Road in Bluffton, police said. Makail Smith, 21, of Hardeeville, was riding in a two-door Honda Civic that left the roadway, struck a tree and overturned in a drainage ditch, Bluffton police said in a news release. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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