Chester County woman, 25, killed after being struck by car off I-77 near Rock Hill
A Chester County woman was killed following a crash off Interstate 77 on Sunday.
Vawnsheria Brown, 25, from Great Falls, died in the crash, said Sabrina Gast, York County Coroner, and South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers.
Around 11:17 a.m., the woman was adding fuel to a 2008 four-door Kia sedan that was parked legally in the emergency lane off the interstate, according to Lance Cpl. Gary Miller of the S.C. Highway Patrol.
A 78-year-old man from Winston-Salem, N.C. was driving a 2015 Infinity SUV northbound on I-77 when the car went off the side of the road and hit the pedestrian and the parked car, Miller said. The crash happened near mile marker 76.
The woman was killed, Miller said.
Both the 78-year-old man and the passenger in that car were unharmed, Miller said. There were no other vehicles or pedestrians involved.
The crash remains under investigation.
This story was originally published October 7, 2018 at 2:46 PM.