Man hit and killed while running from deputies across highway, South Carolina cops say
A high-speed chase ended with a man dead after he fled deputies in South Carolina, authorities said.
Charleston County deputies noticed a vehicle driving recklessly around 1 a.m. on May 16 near Ashley Phosphate Road and Interstate 26 in Charleston, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
When deputies tried to pull over the vehicle, the driver fled “at high speed” and drove onto I-26. The deputies followed and a chase on the interstate ensued, according to the release.
The vehicle fled eastbound and turned around to drive westbound, with deputies trailing. The sheriff’s office laid out Stop Sticks, a type of tire deflation device, which brought the vehicle to a halt, the release said.
The male driver exited the vehicle and began to run across lanes of traffic, according to the sheriff’s office.
An oncoming Ford F-350 hit the man near the connector to Highway 52 and he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The sheriff’s office did not say if the civilian driver was injured.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the fatality, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office did not release the name of the man who was killed or say if the civilian driver was injured.
Charleston is about 116 miles southeast of Columbia.
This story was originally published May 16, 2022 at 2:14 PM with the headline "Man hit and killed while running from deputies across highway, South Carolina cops say."
