Joseph Shane Melton, 46, was struck and killed by a vehicle while riding a bicycle on Rainbow Lake Road in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Driver charged in hit-and-run that killed SC bicyclist, troopers say
A South Carolina woman was arrested a day after, troopers say, she fatally struck a man on a bicycle and then drove away. The deadly crash happened just before 9 p.m. Friday on Rainbow Lake Road in Spartanburg County, according to Trooper Joe Hovis of the S.C. Highway Patrol.
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