Submerged car leads to reckless driving charge

A 30 year-old man has been charged with reckless driving after leaving his car partially submerged in marsh near Folly Road and Battery Island Drive.

A resident saw the vehicle slowly sinking into the marsh. Police on the scene called in a recovery team to search for possible passengers trapped inside the car. Finding none, the car was dragged out of the water. Law enforcement tracked down the lessee to a Folly Beach home. A deputy crawled through the window after there was no answer and found the driver asleep in bed.

The man, who is a bartender in downtown Folly Beach, said he worked a 14 hour day and only responded saying he had “enough” to drink the night before. Police charged him with leaving the scene of an accident along with reckless driving.

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