Crosstown lanes reopen after crash involving pedestrian, police cruiser

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston Police confirmed that all lanes of the Septima Clark Parkway reopened by mid-morning following a crash involving a Folly Beach Police cruiser and a pedestrian.

The crash happened at 5:01 a.m. on U.S. 17 at President Street, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Nick Pye. The vehicle was a 2018 Ford sedan registered to the Folly Beach Police Department.

EMS took the pedestrian to an area hospital with serious injuries but there has been no word on the victim’s condition since then.

The crash initially closed both directions of the Crosstown between Ashley Avenue and Spring Street, but the northbound lanes and one southbound lane reopened shortly after 7 a.m.

Police said in a post on Twitter at 10:11 a.m. that all remaining lanes had reopened.

The crash remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Pye said. There was no word as to whether any charges would be filed in the collision.