Charleston County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a single-vehicle accident involving a recreational golf cart that happened just before 7 p.m. Jan. 10 in Drayton on the Ashley subdivision off Ashley River Road.
The Sunday death of Christopher Faulk, 46, of Charleston, is the fourth in recent years in the county related to a golf cart, a type of vehicle increasingly seen on city and neighborhood streets, according to Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal. Two others involved golf carts overturning, and the third was the tragic collision in Folly Beach that killed a newlywed bride in 2023.
Deputies responded to the scene on the 2800 block of South Palmer Drive, which is about 1.6 miles from the nearest golf course, after receiving multiple reports that a golf cart overturned on the street…