WATERBORO — The York County Sheriff’s Department said a driver whose vehicle went off Townhouse Road in Waterboro this afternoon appears to have died from some type of medical condition.

Major William L. King Jr. said the driver, a man, was operating along Townhouse Road, near the intersection of East Shore Road in Waterboro, when his vehicle left the road.

King said the car travelled about 50 feet into a wooded area before coming to rest.

Police found the man slumped over the wheel of his car around 4:30 p.m. King said the driver may have died from a heart attack.

The man’s identity has not been released, pending notification of his relatives.