S.C. state troopers say a driver is charged for a deadly hit and run that killed a school crossing guard in Spartanburg.
Benedict College released a statement Sunday evening regarding student athlete, Rashee Jamal Hodges, who was fatally killed during a hit-and-run incident.
Richland County (WOLO) – South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident that left a man dead early Sunday morning. Richland County Corner said 22-year-old Rashee Jamal Hodges, was struck and killed by a vehicle while he was standing on the side of the roadway in the 5400 block of Bluff Road in Hopkins at 1:20 a.m. Troopers…
BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) – It’s going on three weeks since a 14-year-old Bluffton girl was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 26 in Calhoun County. The driver has not been arrested but The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports the victim’s mother says that driver has no place to hide. Heidi Hanson says she’s pleading with everyone to keep…
GASTON, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a hit-and-run that left a truck driver dead in Calhoun County. Local media outlets report it happened around midnight Monday on a road about 4 miles east of Gaston. The patrol says the driver was standing beside his 18-wheeler when he was struck and killed by a motorist who…
ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. (AP) – One person has died in what the South Carolina Highway Patrol says was a hit and run crash on Interstate 26 in Calhoun County. Sgt. Bob Beres told local media outlets that investigators think a pickup truck driver struck an SUV about 5:40 p.m. Saturday. The SUV went off the right side of the road…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal hit and run accident that occurred at the junction of I-26 and I-126 Wednesday. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said 20-year-old Shawn Smith of West Columbia died from multiple trauma he sustained in the crash. Smith was transported from the scene to Palmetto Health Richland Hospital where…
Courtesy of CPD COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Officers with the Columbia Police Department need the community’s assistance in identifying three persons of interest related to a hit and run investigation. Officer say that two males and a female were involved in verbal and physical altercation with the 18-year-old female victim and her friends near 748 Harden Street on Sunday,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia Police have charged a 56-year-old in the hit-and-run involving an eight-year-old girl Friday night. The incident happened at the intersection of Two Notch Road and Taylor Street, shortly after 8 p.m. Police say Garnitra Whitaker is charged with Hit and Run, Driving under Suspension and Failure to Render Aid. Whitaker was transported to the Alvin…
Retired Marine Cpl. William ‘Kyle’ Carpenter receives the Medal of Honor from U.S. President Barack Obama during a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room. COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Former Marine and Medal of Honor recipient William ‘Kyle’ Carpenter turned himself in to authorities following a hit-and-run incident on Dec. 8. On Thursday, Carpenter and his attorney appeared in…
