By Delayna Earley
The Island News
A 3-year-old boy died after being hit by a pickup truck at around 5 p.m., Friday, April 5, in Burton.
Lavar Singleton Jr. was struck by a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck that was traveling east on Bay Pines Road near Laurel Bay Road.
Singleton was heading north when he was hit by the moving vehicle, according to S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Lena Butler.
He was taken to Beaufort Memorial Hospital and was then airlifted to the Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital in Charleston.
Singleton died from his injuries at the hospital in Charleston on Saturday, April 6, according to Beaufort County Deputy Coroner Andrew McNece.
Beaufort County Coroner David Ott told The Island Packet that the 3-year-old boy had crossed the road and was hit trying to go back across the road to go home.
The driver of the pickup truck was the only occupant in the vehicle and was not injured.
Trooper Nicholas Pye with the S.C. Highway Patrol said that the accident is under investigation and often it can take several weeks for charges, if any, to be made due to the extensive nature of investigating a fatal collision.
Delayna Earley formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She joined The Island News in 2022. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
