Beachgoer fatally struck by police truck on South Carolina beach, highway patrol says

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a woman died after being struck by a police truck on a South Carolina beach. Lance Cpl. Lena Butler of the South Carolina Highway Patrol says a pickup truck was headed north in the Myrtle Beach area just after 1 p.m. Thursday when it hit the beachgoer, who was facing east. Butler says the injured person died at a hospital. The Horry County Coroner’s Office identified the woman as 66-year-old Sandra “Sandy” Schultz-Peters of Myrtle Beach. County police say the collision involved a department vehicle and the officer involved is on administrative leave. The department says the highway patrol is investigating the collision and an internal investigation will also be conducted.