BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner, Bill Salisbury, on April 6, 2014, at 11:45 a.m., 34-year-old Heath Sutherland from Philcampbell, Alabama was working on I-26 near mile marker 187.
Salisbury says Sutherland was working with a contractor doing debris removal from the recent ice storm.
The crew reportedly cut a tree down and as Sutherland ran from from the falling tree, he ran into the roadway and was struck by a car.
The coroner says Sutherland was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead.
The death was ruled accidental and was investigated by the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
A lifelong Berkeley County resident, Nikki Gaskins Campbell is an Emmy-nominated journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering news. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in broadcast journalism.
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