By Delayna Earley
The Island News
Five people are dead after a collision Wednesday night involving three vehicles on Sea Island Parkway near Polowana Road on St. Helena Island.
The crash happened just after 10:30 p.m, on May 29, east of the city of Beaufort according to a report by Master Trooper William Bennett with the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The 2009 Honda Accord was traveling north on Sea Island Parkway while the 2004 Toyota Tundra and 2009 BMW Sedan were both traveling south.
The BMW attempted to pass the Toyota and struck the Honda head on.
Then, the BMW went off the right side of the road, overturned and caught fire.
The Toyota went off the right side of the road to try and avoid the collision, but then struck the BMW.
Mary Seabrook, 46, of Beaufort, was the driver of the BMW, and she was pronounced dead at the scene according to Beaufort County Coroner David Ott.
Henry Watson, 31, of St. Helena, Tiera Seabrook, 31, of St. Helena, and Jaycean Perry, 4, of St. Helena, were all passengers in the BMW and were also pronounced dead at the scene.
Raymone Dagin, 26, of Beaufort, was the driver of the 2009 Honda Accord and as also pronounced dead at the scene.
She was the sole occupant of her vehicle.
The driver of the Toyota was unharmed and was the sole occupant of their vehicle.
Autopsies will take place at the Beaufort County Coroner’s Office.
The collision is under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Delayna Earley, joined The Island News in 2022, formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
