Staff reports
James Powell Jr., a 46-year-old Beaufort resident, died in a single-vehicle accident that occurred on Lady’s Island just after 11 p.m. on Aug. 13.
According to a release from S.C. Highway Patrol, Powell ran off the left side of the road near Ferguson Drive as he was traveling east on Brickyard Point Road North in a Chevrolet pickup truck.
Powell reportedly overcorrected and then ran off of the right side of the road and overturned his vehicle.
The accident remains under investigation.
