Pedestrian killed in crash on Lexington County road identified by coroner
One person was killed in a Sunday night crash on a Lexington County road, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said.
Gaston resident John Scott Castner was identified as the pedestrian who died at the scene, Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said Monday.
The collision happened at about 6 p.m., when Castner was trying to walk across U.S. 321/Main Street and was hit by a 2014 Nissan Altima heading north on the road, Cpl. Sonny Collins said.
The crash was near the intersection with Busbee Road, in the Gaston area, according to Collins.
The driver was not hurt and stopped after the collision, Fisher said.
No criminal charges are expected to be filed, but the crash remains under investigation by Highway Patrol, according to Collins.
This was not the only death reported on a Lexington County road over the weekend. A 31-year-old Columbia man died in a early Saturday morning car crash near Interstate 77 and U.S. Highway 321.
Through Monday morning, 858 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2020, according to the Department of Public Safety. Of those, 145 were pedestrians, DPS data shows.
Last year at this date, 134 pedestrians had been killed in collisions, according to DPS.
This was at least the 34th person killed in a Lexington County crash in 2020, and the fourth pedestrian, data shows.
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This story was originally published November 2, 2020 at 7:54 AM.
