Coroner identifies Alabama man killed Sunday in Jasper County wreck, officials say

The driver of a Volkswagon Jetta who was killed in a three-car crash Sunday near Hardeeville has been identified as a 28-year-old man from Alabama, according to the Jasper County Coroner’s Office.

Sebastian Canales was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash around 5 a.m. Sunday on U.S. 17 and S.C. 315, Jasper County Coroner Willie P. Aiken III announced via social media.

Canales was driving north on U.S. 17 when he ran left off the road and hit a concrete barrier. The car was hit by a Nissan Titan going in the same direction and a Chevy Silverado heading south on U.S. 17.

Canales was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, Aiken said. The driver of the Chevy was taken to a local hospital for treatment, and the three people who were in the Nissan were not injured in the crash, according to previous reporting.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.