1 dead, 1 facing charges after Tuesday night collision

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FILE - Shown is a Philadelphia police car with flashing lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The Philadelphia Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police has filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 seeking to stop a city law banning officers from pulling over drivers for low-level offenses from going into effect saying the law illegally pre-empts existing state laws on traffic violations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

 RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– One person is dead and another is facing a charge after an accident on Tuesday night, July 30.

Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol say at 10:30 p.m. last night, Jalen Woodard was driving a Hyundai Sedan on Lower Richland Boulevard near Air Base Road when he ran into a John Deere Tractor that was removing a free from the road.

Troopers say the passenger in Woodard’s car was killed and Woodard ran away from the scene.

He was caught and charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving a death.