Pedestrian killed by pickup truck in Bluffton identified as 14-year-old boy
Authorities identified the pedestrian who died Thursday after being hit by a pickup truck in Bluffton. He was a 14-year-old boy.
Aidan Harrison of Bluffton was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:17 a.m. Thursday, according to Beaufort County Coroner David Ott.
Harrison was walking west in the roadway on May River Road near Buckwalter Parkway when a Dodge pickup truck heading in the same direction hit him, S.C. Highway Patrol Cpl. Matt Southern said in a news release.
The driver wore a seat belt and was uninjured.
No arrests have been made, and the crash is under investigation by S.C. Highway Patrol.
Ott said an autopsy will be conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston on Sunday.
This story was originally published August 12, 2021 at 9:59 AM.
