Westminster Man Jailed after Hit and Run

25 year-old Bradley Thomas Barnett of Westminster is in the Oconee County Detention Center after his arrest on Sunday. Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol have charged Barnett with Hit and Run with Great Bodily Injury and Felony DUI.

Reports stated that the Saturday evening accident sent 73 year-old Mary Whitfield of Salem to an area hospital. The Highway Patrol said that Barnett’s 2005 Chevy ran off the road to the right, overcorrected and drove left of center on Highway 11 South near Castlewood Drive. He struck Whitfield’s Cadillac SUV and fled the scene, according to investigators.

At this time he remains in jail with a total bond amount set at $35,000.