CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Nearly weeks after a deadly boat crash in Mount Pleasant that killed a Citadel cadet, state investigators have charged the boat’s driver with manslaughter, alleging overcrowding and excessive speed led to the collision.
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources charged 21-year-old Edward Tavel III on Tuesday with manslaughter in connection with the April crash at a dock off King Street in the Old Village area of Mount Pleasant. Tavel was out of jail Tuesday night and remains enrolled at The Citadel.
The victim, 19-year-old Evan Greenleigh, also a Citadel cadet, died in the crash…