COLUMBIA, S.C.—A South Carolina trooper has died three days after he was struck by a box truck while walking back to his cruiser following a traffic stop.
Trooper 1st Class Dennis Ricks died Wednesday at the hospital, the Department of Public Safety said in a news release. The 30-year-old had been working for the Highway Patrol for two years.
Ricks had pulled over a different vehicle around 2 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 26 near Orangeburg and was walking back to his vehicle when a box truck struck him, authorities said.
His cruiser had its blue lights on, the Department of Public Safety said….