Sergeant Gordon Best was responding to a call when his vehicle went off the road. Author: WLTX Updated: 6:44 PM EST January 1, 2021
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. A North Myrtle Beach police officer has died following a car crash in the early morning hours of New Year s Day.
Officials say Sgt. Gordon William Best was responding to a call for service in Barefoot Resort around 4 a.m. on January 1. Officers say the roads were wet from the overnight rain, and while driving on Highway 17, he lost control of his police vehicle.
The car went into another lane and eventually collided with a utility pole. Best was pronounced dead at the scene. he SC Highway Patrol Multi-Disciplinary Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) is investigating this accident.
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âOur community is devastatedâ: North Myrtle Beach officer dies in New Yearâs Day crash Sgt. Gordon William Best (Source: City of North Myrtle Beach) By Nick Doria | January 1, 2021 at 7:58 AM EST - Updated January 1 at 6:25 PM
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) â The North Myrtle Beach community is mourning the loss of an officer killed in a traffic crash early Friday morning.
Sgt. Gordon William Best was responding to a call in Barefoot Resort around 4 a.m. when he lost control of his vehicle on the wet roadway, city of North Myrtle Beach spokesperson Pat Dowling said.
Best, 30, was heading southbound on Highway 17 when he veered into the northbound lanes and collided with a utility pole, according to officials. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
ABC Columbia
Jan 1, 2021 11:26 AM EST
Courtesy: City of North Myrtle Beach
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The City of North Myrtle Beach says a police sergeant died early Friday morning while driving to a call in Barefoot Resort. Officials say North Myrtle Beach Public Safety Sergeant Gordon William Best was driving southbound on Highway 17 around 4 a.m., on wet roads, when he lost control of his vehicle which veered into the northbound lane and collided with a utility pole. Authorities say Sergeant Best was pronounced dead on the scene.
The accident is under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol Multi-Disciplinary Accident Investigation Team.
Family wants law strengthened after son killed by runaway utility trailer
VIDEO: Family wants change after son killed by runaway utility trailer By Lisa Weismann | December 21, 2020 at 7:00 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 5:40 AM
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WCSC) - This Christmas will mark the first without the Hayesâ loved one. Corey Hayes, 24, died in a crash along US 701 in Georgetown on June 17.
âItâs just been a terrible, terrible tragedy,â Coreyâs father, Thad, said. âJust destroyed our family.â
According to South Carolina Highway Patrolâs Multi-Disciplinary Accident Investigation Team, Corey was killed after a utility trailer and lawnmower came loose from a passing truck and struck his motorcycle. Investigators determined that the tongue of the utility trailer detached from the receiver hitch ball on the truck.