Search for hit-and-run driver after South Carolina man was killed, coroner says
A South Carolina man was killed Tuesday night in a hit-and-run crash, according to the Aiken County Coroner’s Office.
Larry Callahan, a 79-year-old Windsor resident, was identified as the hit-and-run victim, Coroner Darryl Ables said Wednesday in a news release.
The two-vehicle collision happened at about 9:20 p.m., said Master Trooper William Bennett of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Callahan was driving a 2022 moped south on Colbert Bridge Road, according to Bennett. Near the intersection with Contreras Lane the moped was hit from behind by an unknown vehicle that was also driving south on Colbert Bridge Road, Bennett said.
Callahan suffered blunt-force injuries and died at the scene while the unknown vehicle drove away, according to Ables.
No other injuries were reported.
There was no word if Callahan was wearing a helmet or any other protective gear, but the crash is being investigated by the Highway Patrol and the coroner’s office. An autopsy will be performed in Newberry, Ables said.
Anyone with information about the collision, or the vehicle and driver involved, is asked to call the Highway Patrol at 803-896-9621 or 800-768-1503, CrimeStoppers at 888-CRIME-SC or submit an online tip. Tips can also be texted to *HP.
In the case of an emergency, always call 911.
Through Sunday, 211 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2026, according to the state Department of Public Safety. A minimum of 914 people were killed in collisions in South Carolina in 2025, DPS data shows.
At least seven people have died in Aiken County crashes this year, and 23 people died in wrecks there in 2025, according to DPS data.
This was the second deadly hit-and-run crash involving a moped on a South Carolina road in the past week. On April 8, 29-year-old Elgin area resident Brandon James Butler was killed when the moped he was riding on a Kershaw County road was hit from the rear, officials said.
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