Lowcountry crossing is renamed after the teenager death

James Island, SC (WCSC)-The intersection where a 15-year-old was hit and killed on James Island, may be renamed him.

Gabriel Seagraves drove his skateboard 10 years ago when a frenzied car came over and hit him.

After several weeks of discussion about paths to remind him, the city will take the next steps to change the name of this intersection.

Due to the location of the intersection, there were some concerns from the community about what it should be mentioned.

The cross in the Secessionville Road and in Kentwood Circle hit a tragedy 10 years ago, but with the consent of the city, this could soon be a memory of so much more.

“I had 15 again, I went to the funeral of my best friend and saw him in my coffin,” said a friend of Seegraves, Hannah Smith.

As one of his best friends, Smith said when the city approved the renaming of the street to Gabriel, there was a mixture of emotions.

“It was really astonishing to hear. I think it can prevent or at least take into account in the community that it can happen, bad things can happen, and it is really important for many people that nobody forgets,” she said.

With this permit from the city, the city council Darren Troy Mullinax said that they could send it before Charleston County's delegation, in order to then lead to the last step of the transport commission.

He said that over the years he had built a relationship with Sagraves' mother and learned more about the person he was than someone who was involved in his communities.

“Then all of these things were canceled by a senseless tragedy. Hopefully this serves to honor him and turn around and get people to think about the sidewalks again,” said Mullinax.

When Gabriel Seagraves died only two days after his birthday, Smith said that everyone was shocked.

She said this means “everything for everyone”.

“The parents were shocked. They were afraid to let their children take to school from home, and I think it's a constant memory,” said Smith.

Now Smith hopes that this could lead to other security measures in the future.

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