LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — The South Carolina Highway Patrol reports that a person is dead after being struck by a vehicle as he went to retrieve an item that fell onto I-26 early Sunday morning.
Lance Corporal Nick Pye said that the crash happened just after midnight when the pedestrian, later identified by the county coroner as 25-year-old Andre K. Howell of Clinton was attempting to get an item that had fallen from his vehicle near mile marker 113.
That's when, according to Pye, the man was struck by a 2020 Kia sedan. Howell died at the scene. The driver who hit him, who was wearing a seatbelt at the time, was taken to a local hospital with unknown injuries.
Authorities haven't said what fell from the victim's car or if the driver who hit him will face charges. At this time, the Highway Patrol is still investigating the crash.
