The driver and sole occupant of a 2000 Lincoln SUV was pronounced dead Wednesday after officials found the car in the lagoon of a Hilton Head Island gated neighborhood, echoing another fatal incident that happened down the street in 2023.
State troopers believe the SUV rolled into the lagoon Tuesday evening and went unnoticed until the following morning. Beaufort County deputies received the report of the submerged vehicle around 7:50 a.m. Wednesday after the call was transferred from fire crews, a sheriff’s office spokesperson said.
Authorities blocked off South Beach Lagoon Road in the Sea Pines community as they pulled the white SUV from the water around noon Wednesday. A coroner’s van arrived at the scene shortly after…