More than a year after a fatal hit-and-run killed her nephew, a Beaufort woman is still pushing for changes to a police procedure she believes led to his death.
Bluffton resident Andrew “Andy” LeMaster, 40, was heavily intoxicated and had been locked out of his home by his wife when a Bluffton police officer gave him a courtesy ride to a nearby hotel on March 21, 2022.
Without an ID or means to pay for a room at the Okatie hotel, his family claimed, LeMaster stumbled onto U.S. 278 and was struck and killed around 8:30 p.m. that night…