Crime & Safety

Pedestrian Hit, Killed on St. Andrews Road

The man was taken to Palmetto Health Richland.

A pedestrian was killed after he was hit by a car on St. Andrews Road near Broad River Road around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. 

The man, 31-year-old Rodney L. Johnson, Jr. of Columbia, died from trauma around 2:30 a.m. at Palmetto Health Richland, said Richland County Coroner Gary Watts. 

The S.C. Highway Patrol is investigating the incident. 

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