NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – Shortly after 10:30 p.m. Friday, a deputy from the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle for traffic violations on Ashley Phosphate Road in North Charleston. The vehicle pulled over on the Ashley Phosphate Road overpass above Interstate 26.
During the stop, a passenger ran across traffic lanes to the side of the overpass. The man jumped off the overpass and landed in the westbound lanes of I-26, where he was struck by several vehicles.
EMS pronounced the man dead at the scene. Deputies determined that the man had active arrest warrants.
After deputies consulted with the S.C. Highway Patrol, the State Law Enforcement Division was requested to investigate the incident.
Westbound lanes of the interstate were closed until about 6 a.m.
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