Pedestrian killed outside disabled vehicle in Orangeburg County

BOWMAN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle while tending to a disabled vehicle on the side of I-95, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol.

On Tuesday around 2:30 p.m. on Interstate 95 at mile marker 89, about 10 miles north of Bowman, the pedestrian was standing on the southbound shoulder with the broken down car, when a driver drove off the right side of the road, hitting the victim, authorities say.

The driver was not injured, authorities say.

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