SC Firefighter Robert Shubert ID’d As Victim In Friday Night Fatal Odd-Duty Surfside Beach Motorcycle Crash

HORRY COUNTY, SC. (THECOUNT) — Robert Shubert has been identified as the firefighter killed in an off-duty motorcycle crash near Surfside Beach late Friday night

Shubert, 31, was operating a motorcycle on Highway 707 near Holmestown Road late Friday night when the fatal collision occurred.

Officials say it happened just before midnight, according to WMBFNews.

South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

Fellow firefighters took to Facebook to announce the sad news of Shubert’s passing:

Murrells Inlet Garden City Professional Fire Fighters Association via Facebook:

It is with deep regret that the Murrells Inlet Garden City Professional Firefighters Local 4940 announces the tragic passing of member Robert Shubert. A 5 year member of the Department and association. Engineer Shubert was killed in an off duty motorcycle accident last night. Rob was active member for the Axeman Motorcycle Club. Before Rob joined the department he served in the United States Marine Corps.

Through this trying time, we will remember Rob as a brother, son, and friend that he was, the moral character he displayed daily, and the courage and conviction to serve his fellow Americans, both at home and abroad.

The Murrells Inlet Garden City Fire District as well as Local 4940 will release details, should more become available, regarding arrangements for Engineer Shubert.

We ask for your thoughts and prayers for his firehouse brothers, his fellow Marines, his friends – but most of all, his family.

Geo quick facts: Surfside Beach is a town in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. Its nickname is “The Family Beach”. The population was 3,837 at the 2010 census, down from 4,425 in 2000. It is considered a part of the Grand Strand – Wikipedia.