Police in South Carolina have cut back their use of patrol trucks on beaches after a 66-year-old woman was fatally killed by an officer driving a Ford Ranger earlier this month.
Police in South Carolina have scaled back their use of trucks for patrolling operations on beaches after a 66-year-old woman was fatally struck earlier this month, while a local lawmaker tells Fox News Digital he will propose legislation that would ban the large vehicles on the sand except for in the case of emergencies.
The deadly incident is being investigated by the South Carolina Highway Patrol as well as the Horry County Police Department and has raised questions about the safety risks of having trucks on beaches due to dangerous blind spots in front of the vehicles' hoods. The incident isn’t the first involving an officer in Horry County.
In 2020, Indian Shores Police in Florida ran over a man lying on the beach and listening to music on his phone. He survived, having spent two weeks in intensive care. The same year, a Florida sheriff's deputy ran over a 23-year-old woman who was sunbathing on St. Pete Beach in Florida. She suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital.
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