A man from Eldon is dead just days after he was hit by a Miller County Sheriff’s deputy.
Highway Patrol Troopers say the deputy was driving along Highway 17 northeast of Miller on Thursday, November 21, when a man was hit by the deputy while standing in the middle of the road.
The man who was hit, described as a 26-year-old from Eldon, was transported to University Hospital in Columbia. He died of his injuries on Wednesday, November 27.
The Miller County deputy was not injured in the crash. MSHP Troop F has reported the death as 48th traffic fatality of 2024.
