The S.C. Highway Patrol reports that a 50-year-old woman hit and killed by a tractor-trailer late Thursday evening was walking in the roadway at the time.
Lance Cpl. David Jones said the woman, identified by Clarendon County Deputy Coroner Bucky Mock as Sheryl Singletary, was walking westbound on U.S. 378 near American Avenue in Turbeville about 9:48 p.m. Thursday when she was struck by a 2010 International tractor trailer.
"The operator of the truck was not injured in the incident," Jones said.
He said the wreck is still under investigation at this time. Mock said an autopsy would be performed at 11 a.m. Friday. No results are yet available.
Jones said investigators are unsure why Singletary was walking in the roadway.
