Pedestrian fatality was a 19-month old boy

A Father’s Day weekend tragedy on the grounds of Devil’s Fork State Park at Lake Jocassee.  The coroner says the accident took the life of Benny Esquivel, a 19-month old Asheville, North Carolina boy.  Investigators say around 1:45 Saturday afternoon Benny ran in front of a Jeep Wrangler and died within a half hour at the scene.   Information received by Oconee Coroner Karl Addis indicated Benny and family members were walking back toward the parking lot to their car when the child darted out ahead from between two vehicles and was struck.  According to state trooper Lena Butler, three people were in the 2011 Jeep Wrangler, but none was hurt.