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Man dies after deer struck by another car flies into his windshield
By Emily Tran
Beaufort County man charged in deadly Laurel Bay Road crash
Tara Nguyen
Tara Nguyen
Reporter · Savannah, GA
Tara Nguyen is an experienced community reporter, with a focus on social justice and grassroots movements in Savannah, having worked for the Savannah Tribune for 5 years. She earned her degree from Georgia State University and is passionate about amplifying the voices of those often overlooked in the media.
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BEAUFORT, S.C. (WTOC) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol arrested and charged Christopher Andrew Bliss with reckless homicide in connection with an Aug. 22 crash on Laurel Bay Road in Beaufort County that killed Raul Pacheco. The charge is listed as “reckless homicide; death results within 3 years; caused by injury from vehicle.”Bliss was booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center on Nov. 1 and released on Nov. 2.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Community rallies around family of former Marine, firefighter killed in Beaufort County head-on crashThe charge is in relation to a crash on Laurel Bay Road in Beaufort County on Aug. 22 that killed Raul Pacheco. SCHP said Bliss was the driver of the 2018 Ford sedan that hit the Nissan sedan Pacheco was driving.Pacheco served as a firefighter and EMT with the City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department. He died along a stretch of road near the intersection of Shanklin Road and Laurel Bay Road.
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