The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office in Greenville, South Carolina reported that one of its deputies was involved in an accident last week in which a 65-year-old man was hit by several vehicles while trying to cross the road. The fatal accident occurred just south of Interstate 85 in Greenville on Augusta Road. The man was identified as Johnny Melvin Crouch by a deputy coroner for Greenville County. According to witnesses, Crouch was attempting to cross the road in an effort to get to a bus stop when he was stuck multiple times, one of them being by the Sheriff’s deputy.
The deputy in question has been placed on administrative duty. According to reports, another accident involving two other vehicles occurred just after the man was hit by the deputy. It is believed that after the initial collision between the deputy’s vehicle and Mr. Crouch, the two other vehicles maneuvered to avoid him and the deputy’s vehicle and ended up colliding with each other. The South Carolina Highway Patrol is conducting an investigation into the incident per the state’s regulations for car.
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