Bicyclist dies when struck by tractor trailer on US Highway 301 near Orangeburg, South Carolina
Tractor-trailer hits, kills bicyclist near Orangeburg
A person on a bicycle was killed on US Highway 301 Friday night after being by a tractor-trailer.
Lance Corporal David Jones with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the bicyclist and a 2012 Freightliner tractor-trailer were going south on 301 at 7:40 p.m. when the truck hit the bicyclist.
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