Fatal hit-and-run on I-526 eastbound claims life of 18-wheeler driver

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — One person has died after a hit-and-run Monday morning that closed all lanes on I-526 eastbound near Virginia Avenue, according to the North Charleston Police Department.

Police spokesperson Harve Jacobs reports that around 7:45 a.m. officers responded to the Don Holt Bridge in the eastbound lanes for a reported fatality.

Upon arrival, Officers learned that the driver of a disabled 18-wheeler stepped off or fell backward off the step of the driver’s door of his truck and was struck by a vehicle. The vehicle then fled the scene…

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