Coroner identifies Ridgeland pedestrian killed Tuesday in hit-and-run on Hilton Head
The Beaufort County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of a pedestrian who was killed by a hit-and-run driver Tuesday night on Hilton Head Island.
Elenilson Viches, 52, of Ridgeland, died at Hilton Head Hospital around 7:49 p.m. after being hit by an unknown vehicle, according to Deputy Coroner Andrew McNeese and Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway, a South Carolina Highway Patrol spokesperson.
Viches was trying to cross the street on U.S. 278 near Wildhorse Road about 6:45 p.m. when he was hit, Ridgeway said.
The vehicle that hit him was heading east at the time of the crash and left the area.
South Carolina Highway Patrol’s Multi-disciplinary Accident Investigation Team is investigating the crash, Ridgeway said.
This story was originally published November 16, 2022 at 8:37 AM.
