COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a pedestrian has been struck and killed in South Carolina by a vehicle owned by the state’s law enforcement agency.
Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. David Jones said a State Law Enforcement Division SUV hit someone crossing U.S. Highway 76-378 just east of downtown Columbia around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
SLED spokesman Thom Berry said the driver, Special Agent Robert Turnley, has been placed on administrative duties as troopers and the agency investigate the wreck.
Berry says Turnley has been with SLED nearly 15 years.
Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says 57-year-old Freddie James Wilson Jr. died from his injuries at the hospital about 45 minutes after the wreck.
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