Coroner identifies man killed in crash on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach

A vehicle collision on Highway 17 near Vereen Drive in North Myrtle Beach just after midnight Monday morning resulted in one fatality.

North Myrtle Beach resident Devin Hartman, 30, died at a local hospital of injuries he sustained in the crash, according to the Horry County Coroner’s office on Wednesday night.

Duck’s Bar Grill & Sidewalk Cafe owner Dwayne Porter posted Tuesday on Facebook that Hartman was a cook at the business.

“Devin was not only a great young man, but an asset to Duck’s and part of the Duck’s family and he will always be remembered,” Porter posted.

The North Myrtle Beach department of public safety is investigating the crash.

This story was originally published September 23, 2020 at 9:27 PM.

Alan Blondin

The Sun News

Alan Blondin covers golf, Coastal Carolina University athletics, business, and numerous other sports-related topics that warrant coverage. Well-versed in all things Myrtle Beach, Horry County and the Grand Strand, the 1992 Northeastern University journalism school valedictorian has been a reporter at The Sun News since 1993 after working at papers in Texas and Massachusetts. He has earned eight top-10 Associated Press Sports Editors national writing awards and more than 20 top-three S.C. Press Association writing awards since 2007.