SUMTER COUNTY, SC : Man, 29, charged in collision involving pedestrian on Thursday, January 5th 2017

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed on Highway 441 in Sumter County.

Sumter County Coroner Robbie Baker said Cherie Danielle Wingate, 24, was killed in the crash that happened around 4 a.m. on Thursday.

Highway Patrol spokesman L. Cpl. David Jones said Wingate was walking in the roadway when she was struck by a car being driven by 29-year-old Troy Jerome Hunter.

Hunter was not injured, but Jones said he left the scene. He was later arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a collision involving death.

The Highway Patrol continues to investigate.

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Man, 29, charged in collision involving pedestrian