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23-year-old from Laurens hit, killed by two vehicles, troopers say

Collision happened on Highway 221 in Laurens County

23-year-old from Laurens hit, killed by two vehicles, troopers say

Collision happened on Highway 221 in Laurens County

TALKING ABOUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HEADING OUR WAY. WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FOUR-DAY PLUS IN A FEW MINUTES. DESTINY: THANK YOU. WE’RE FOLLONGWI BREAKING NEWS IN LAURENS COUNTY. DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A PERSON OF INTERE.ST NIGEL: DEPUTIES SAY HE’S NNCOECTED TO A DEADLY INCIDENT AT A GAS STATION, EARLY THIS MORNING. OUR KYLIE JONES IS JOINING US LIVE FROM LAENURS COUNTY WITH THE LATEST. KYLIE: WE KNOW ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER THAT ASSAULT. LAURENS COUNTY DEPUTIES TELL US ATTH HAPPENEDT A THIS HOTSPOT SHELL. WE KWNO THAT DEPUTIES HAVBEENE AT THIS GAS STATION. THEY HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE HOPING TO LEARN MORE INFORMATI FONROM THE CORORNE ABOUT THIS DEATH AND THIS ASSAULT. THE DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT. THEY HAVE NOT FOUND HIM. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN NAMED JERE FMYERGUSON. HE WAS LAST SEEN IN WHITE, 2001 FORD EXPLORER WITH LICSEEN PTELA TJE-615. DEPUTIESRE A ASKING ANYONE WHO SEES HIM TO CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY. EYTH ARE ASKING YOU NOT TO APPROACH HIM OR GO UP TO HIM. JUST CALL 911. WE KNOW ONE PERSON IS DEAD FROM THIS ASSAULT. WE ARE HOPING TO LEARN MORE IN THE COMING HOURS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED AND WHO THAT PERSON WAS. YOU CAN SEE THE INVESTIGATION IS PRETTY ACTIVE BEHIND ME. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY. NIGEL: THANK YOU. WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT. A YOUNG WOMAN DIED AFTERWO T CARS HIT HER IN LAURENS COUNTY. DESTINY: THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AT AUNROD 10:30 ON HIGHWAY 221 NEAR JIMMY HELLAMS DRIVE JUST NORTH OF LAURENS. TROOPERS SAY THE 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS STANDING IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF THE HIGHYWA AND WAS NOT WEARING ANY REFLECTIVE CLOTHG.IN THE CORONER HAS NOT RELEASED HER NAME. NIGEL: AND BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING, THIS IS NEW VIDEO OUT OF MYRTLE BEHAC -- A FOUR-ALARM CONDO FIRE DAMAGING 15 MINUTE -- UNITS. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THIS BUILDING AROD UN11:00 LAST NIGHT. THE FIRE RIPPED THROUGH AT LEAST SIX CONDOS. 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23-year-old from Laurens hit, killed by two vehicles, troopers say

Collision happened on Highway 221 in Laurens County

The coroner has released the name of the woman who died when she was hit by two vehicles Monday night in Laurens County. The victim is Angellic Kirkpatrick, 23, of Laurens. Troopers said two vehicles hit Kirkpatrick, who was standing in the southbound lanes of Highway 221 near Jimmy Hellams Drive.The crash happened at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, troopers said; Kirkpatrick was not wearing any reflective clothing.According to troopers, no one in the vehicles was injured.

The coroner has released the name of the woman who died when she was hit by two vehicles Monday night in Laurens County.

The victim is Angellic Kirkpatrick, 23, of Laurens.

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Troopers said two vehicles hit Kirkpatrick, who was standing in the southbound lanes of Highway 221 near Jimmy Hellams Drive.

The crash happened at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, troopers said; Kirkpatrick was not wearing any reflective clothing.

According to troopers, no one in the vehicles was injured.