LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. — A pedestrian was hit and killed in Lancaster County Wednesday night, South Carolina state troopers said.
South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to a crash along Airport Road near Bridgewood Drive and Grace-Lynnwood United Methodist Church around 9 p.m. on Aug. 23. When troopers arrived at the scene, they found that a 1999 Ford van that struck a person who was walking along the road. The pedestrian, identified by the coroner as 22-year-old Jonathan Hutchinson of Lancaster, was taken to a hospital for treatment but later died.
Troopers said the van was driving north on Airport Road when the driver struck Hutchinson. The cause of the crash remains under investigation and it's too early to know if charges will be filed. Troopers said there were two passengers in the van at the time of the crash.
No further information was provided by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
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