SC 11 accident UPDATE

A driver and a passenger were airlifted for medical treatment from a late night two-vehicle accident on S. Highway 11 not far from Parkway Campers.  Lance Corporal Joe Hovis of the highway patrol identified the two requiring treatment as Able Chavez-Bausita of Hartwell, Georgia, along with an 8-year old passenger.  Both vehicles were headed south on the two-lane highway.  Hovis says the Chevy pickup driven by Chavez-Bausita was rear ended, and the second driver left the scene.   Oconee 9-1-1 alerted public safety responders to the accident around 9:30.  Responders stayed at the accident scene until around 3:30 am.  For that six-hour period, the accident was scene was blocked to other traffic.