Chester County pedestrian, 58, identified who was killed when struck by SUV
A Chester County pedestrian was killed Tuesday night after being hit by an SUV, troopers said.
It happened around 8:30 p.m. on S.C. 72, also called Saluda Road, east of Chester, said Master Trooper Gary Miller of S.C. Highway Patrol.
Kenneth Norman Peay, 58, of RL’s Road in Chester, died at the scene, said Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker. The collision happened near where Peay lived, Tinker said.
Peay was walking in the roadway on S.C. 72 near Craig Brow Circle when he was struck by a 2001 Hyundai SUV driven by an 86-year-old man from Chester, Tinker and Miller said.
There were no passengers in the SUV and no other injuries were reported.
No charges have been filed, Miller said.
The incident remains under investigation by the highway patrol and coroner’s office.
The traffic fatality is the eighth in Chester County in 2019, according to S.C. Department of Public Safety.
This story was originally published October 2, 2019 at 7:23 AM with the headline "Chester County pedestrian, 58, identified who was killed when struck by SUV."
