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Hilton Head SC May 10 2009
A 47-year-old Sea Pines security officer was killed while driving to work Friday night when his car struck a 12-foot alligator and then swerved into an oncoming Greyhound bus in Jasper County, officials said Saturday.
Steven Newell of Savannah was killed instantly, Jasper County coroner Martin Sauls III said. There were no injuries on the bus.
The alligator also was killed, Sauls said.
Newell, a 21-year veteran of the Sea Pines security department on Hilton Head Island, was headed east on S.C. 170 near the Georgia border when his 2008 Kia struck the alligator around 9:40 p.m., S.C. Highway Patrol and Sea Pines officials said.
Newell then swerved into westbound traffic, hitting the Greyhound bus head-on, Cpl. Paul Brouthers of Highway Patrol said.
Traffic on the road was stopped in both directions for about four hours, Brouthers said.
The news of Newell’s death shocked his colleagues at Sea Pines, Security Director George Breed said Saturday afternoon.
Newell, a Marine Corps veteran who joined the Sea Pines department after leaving active duty 21 years ago, usually worked the midnight shift, where he served as a dispatcher, manned the gates and conducted bicycle trail patrol, Breed said.
“He was dedicated and dependable,” Breed said. “He always carried his share of the load.
Newell was a well-liked and recognizable part of the Sea Pines community, Breed said.
“He spent 21 years of his life — almost half his life — with this agency,” he said. “He had strong bonds with the staff and with the community.”
Breed, who started his career in Sea Pines eight months after Newell, said he told Newell’s co-workers about the crash as they prepared to begin their first shift without their friend overnight Friday.
“He will be sorely missed and very difficult to replace,” Breed said.
A 47-year-old Sea Pines security officer was killed while driving to work Friday night when his car struck a 12-foot alligator and then swerved into an oncoming Greyhound bus in Jasper County, officials said Saturday.
Steven Newell of Savannah was killed instantly, Jasper County coroner Martin Sauls III said. There were no injuries on the bus.
The alligator also was killed, Sauls said.
Newell, a 21-year veteran of the Sea Pines security department on Hilton Head Island, was headed east on S.C. 170 near the Georgia border when his 2008 Kia struck the alligator around 9:40 p.m., S.C. Highway Patrol and Sea Pines officials said.
Newell then swerved into westbound traffic, hitting the Greyhound bus head-on, Cpl. Paul Brouthers of Highway Patrol said.
Traffic on the road was stopped in both directions for about four hours, Brouthers said.
The news of Newell’s death shocked his colleagues at Sea Pines, Security Director George Breed said Saturday afternoon.
Newell, a Marine Corps veteran who joined the Sea Pines department after leaving active duty 21 years ago, usually worked the midnight shift, where he served as a dispatcher, manned the gates and conducted bicycle trail patrol, Breed said.
“He was dedicated and dependable,” Breed said. “He always carried his share of the load.
Newell was a well-liked and recognizable part of the Sea Pines community, Breed said.
“He spent 21 years of his life — almost half his life — with this agency,” he said. “He had strong bonds with the staff and with the community.”
Breed, who started his career in Sea Pines eight months after Newell, said he told Newell’s co-workers about the crash as they prepared to begin their first shift without their friend overnight Friday.
“He will be sorely missed and very difficult to replace,” Breed said.
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