Hit and Run Fatality on I-85 in OC

Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal hit-run that occurred early Saturday on I-85 near the entrance to the state Welcome Center at Fair Play. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said the victim was 25-year-old David Michael Rogers of Lavonia, Georgia. Addis says Rogers, was apparently struck by a vehicle while walking around 4am. A deputy discovered his body shortly after 10am after a passerby noticed it near the northbound lanes. The coroner attributes Rogers’ death to blunt force trauma and said the first vehicle that hit him has not been identified, but most likely was a tractor-trailer.