Crash on private property in Columbia kills one person, SC Highway Patrol says
A pickup truck hit and killed a person walking on private property in Columbia Wednesday night, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The collision happened at about 9 p.m. in the area close to Oakland Avenue in Richland County, said Cpl. Matt Southern. That’s near the intersection of U.S. 21/North Main Street and U.S. 321/Fairfield Road.
A 2000 Chevrolet pickup truck hit the pedestrian on the private property, according to Southern. Information about if the pedestrian died at the scene, or was taken to an area hospital, was not available.
The Richland County Coroner’s Office is expected to publicly identify the pedestrian after notifying the next of kin.
There was no word if the Chevy driver wore a seat belt, but no other injuries were reported by the Highway Patrol.
Information on what led to the collision was not available, but it is being investigated by the Highway Patrol.
Through Wednesday afternoon, 758 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2021, including 110 pedestrians, state Department of Public Safety data shows.
There have been at least 45 people killed in Richland County crashes in 2021, and eight were pedestrians, according to DPS data.
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This story was originally published September 9, 2021 at 8:01 AM.
