Former Marine struck and killed in SC truck stop parking lot
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — A former Marine from Connecticut was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer in the parking lot of a truck stop in South Carolina.
The Anderson Independent-Mail reports (http://bit.ly/1asds91 ) that 53-year-old Garbin Libert of New Haven, Connecticut, was walking from the Love's Travel Stop store to his truck in Fair Play when a tractor-trailer ran over him about 4 a.m. Thursday.
Anderson County Chief Deputy Coroner Charlie Boseman says Libert was carrying postcards addressed to his mother and niece.
Boseman says Libert died at the scene of blunt-force injuries. Libert was pinned under the tractor-trailer.
Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Gary Miller says no charges have been filed against the driver, 37-year-old Tony Oglesby of Memphis, Tennessee. Oglesby told authorities he didn't see Libert, who was wearing a black shirt and jeans.
2 deputies fatally shoot man while trying to serve warrant
BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say two Spartanburg County deputies fatally shot a man while trying to serve a drug-related search warrant at his home.
Coroner Rusty Clevenger says 28-year-old Phillip Michael Burgess of Boiling Springs died about 10 a.m. Thursday of multiple gunshot wounds. He did not yet know how many times Burgess was hit or where.
Lt. Kevin Bobo tells multiple media outlets that Burgess became belligerent when officers tried to serve the warrant. Bobo says Burgess grabbed a gun off the top of the refrigerator and pointed it at the officers, who then shot him.
Burgess and the two officers are white.
Both officers are on paid administrative leave while the State Law Enforcement Division investigates. The sheriff's office says it appears both officers followed proper protocol.
Coroner: SC college student died from heavy alcohol drinking
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A coroner says an 18-year-old University of South Carolina student found dead in an off-campus home had four times the legal limit of alcohol in his body.
Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Charles Terreni Jr. had a blood alcohol level of .375 and that's what caused his death. He was found the morning after St. Patrick's Day, a holiday often marked with boozy parties.
Watts says Terreni was a freshman and lived on campus.
The national Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity said last month that the university chapter has been suspended and is cooperating with all investigations into the death. Colombia police continue their investigation.
Terreni was the son of Columbia attorney Charles Terreni, who worked for former Lt. Gov. Bob Peeler and as a former state Public Service Commissioner.