(WCIV) A sheriff’s deputy in South Carolina has been hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle while working traffic control outside a school early Thursday morning, Oct. 24.
The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office reports Deputy Chelsea Cockrell was directing traffic at Lugoff Elementary School shortly after 7 a.m. when the incident happened.
Despite her vehicle’s blue lights being on and wearing her bright yellow reflective jacket, witnesses say a man sped through school zone at approximately 40 mph, and hit Deputy Cockrell.
