Pedestrian killed in Richland County hit-and-run
A male pedestrian was fatally struck early Thursday evening in a hit-and-run collision in northeast Columbia, police said.
On Sunday, the victim was identified as 71-year-old Columbia resident John Corbett, according to Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford.
Corbett was hit around 6 p.m. Thursday in the 5400 block of Farrow Road, the Columbia Police Department said. That’s between Varn and Busby streets, in the vicinity of a Cheap Way gas station.
At the time, the circumstances of the crash were unknown.
The department’s Traffic Safety Unit was investigating.
This story was originally published December 20, 2024 at 7:43 AM.
Zak Koeske
The State