By Mike McCombs
The Island News
A bicyclist was struck and killed Sunday, July 6, by a vehicle in a hit-and-run on U.S. Hwy. 21 near Bruce K. Smalls Drive.
The deceased, 50-year-old Vick Smalls of Beaufort, was declared dead on the scene at 2780 Trask Parkway (Hwy. 21) by the Beaufort County Coroner’s Office. The exact time of the incident is as of yet undetermined.
According to Sgt. Tyler Tidwell of the South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP), there were two units involved in the incident.
The first unit, an unknown motor vehicle, and the second unit, the bicyclist, were both headed south on U.S. 21 when the vehicle struck the bicyclist. The vehicle then left the scene.
Smalls was declared dead of “blunt force injuries sustained in an automobile versus bicycle collision.”
The incident remains under investigation by the SCHP.
Mike McCombs is the Editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.
