Columbia ,SC :78-year-old man trying to cross I-77 to check on SC crash killed by tractor trailer on Saturday , June 27th 2015

A 78-year-old Florida man is dead after he tried to cross a South Carolina interstate on foot to check on people inside a vehicle involved in an earlier
collision.Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Sunday John Herman Phelps of Fort Myers, Florida, died when he was run down by a vehicle heading north on Interstate
77 about 7:30 p.m. Saturday.The South Carolina Highway Patrol says Phelps was hit by a tractor-trailer traveling in the highway's middle lane after he walked into the
roadway.Troopers continue to investigate the incident.Traffic in the area was rerouted for several hours Saturday night.

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78-year-old Fla. man trying to cross I-77 to check on SC
crash killed by tractor trailer