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Updated: December 18, 2024 @ 5:51 am
A drone that crashed into a truck outside a former Badcock furniture store in Georgetown was carried inside from the parking lot. The store’s owner took a picture of the drone upside down.
A drone that crashed into a truck outside a former Badcock furniture store in Georgetown was carried inside from the parking lot. The store’s owner took a picture of the drone upside down.
GEORGETOWN — A drone crashed into a delivery truck outside a former Georgetown furniture store this month, but police say they don’t know who owns it or why it was flying there.
The mystery comes amid multiple reports of drone sightings along the East Coast, particularly in New Jersey, and questions about how that technology is being used.
Local law enforcement remains unsure whether the wrecked drone is connected to those seen in other areas of the country.
“We have no idea,” said Nelson Brown, deputy chief of the Georgetown Police Department.
The crash happened Dec. 11 when a drone struck a bird then plummeted into the truck, Brown said. The truck was parked outside a former Badcock Furniture store on North Fraser Street.
The truck sustained about $12,000 in damage, according to police. Made by DJI, the drone has a wingspan between three and four feet.
The truck’s owner declined to comment on the incident.
Recent drone sightings have sparked concern over the origin and purpose of the flying objects, although officials have stated they do not pose a national security threat, according to the Associated Press.
Some locals have reported seeing drones in Georgetown and Horry counties over the past few days.
Facebook users have shared sightings in Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island and Socastee.
Steve McDaniel of Surfside Beach said he saw a drone outside his beachfront condo on the evening of Dec. 16. McDaniel was watching a passing boat when he heard a loud humming sound.
“I looked over to my right, and it flew right in front of me,” he said. “I’m like, ‘Huh? I’ll be darned, there goes one.'”
McDaniel said he served in the military for 10 years and used to live next to Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Ariz., an Army installation and training center for unmanned aerial vehicles, such as drones.
He said the drone he saw in Surfside Beach looked like the same kind he’d seen near Fort Huachuca, which would make it different from the one that crashed in Georgetown.
“It still kind of raises an eyebrow,” McDaniel said.
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