A driver who led authorities on a high-speed chase was fatally struck by a vehicle on Interstate 26 after attempting to run from Charleston County sheriff's deputies.
Sheriff's deputies attempted to stop a vehicle for reckless driving around 1 a.m. May 16 near Ashley Phosphate Road and I-26, department spokesman Andrew Knapp said.
The vehicle sped off east on the interstate before turning around and heading west, Knapp said. Stop sticks helped end the pursuit on westbound I-26 near the Ashley Phosphate Road exit, but the driver ran from the vehicle.
He was fatally struck by a vehicle near the connector to U.S. Highway 52 while attempting to cross traffic, Knapp said.
Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O'Neal identified the man as 27-year-old Ladarrius Christian, a resident of Memphis, Tenn. O'Neal said Christian died at the scene from blunt-force injuries.
S.C. Highway Patrol is investigating the death.
It was the second pursuit by sheriff's deputies over the weekend that ended in a suspect's death.
On May 14, two suspects in a shooting investigation on Johns Island died after their vehicle struck a tree during a pursuit.
The Charleston County Coroner's Office identified them on May 16 as Carlos Conde Hernandez, 20, and Ernesto Guevara, 17. Both men were from the Charleston area, she said.