According to North Charleston police, a Goose Creek man died early Tuesday morning after his bicycle was struck by an SUV.
The accident happened shortly before 12:30 a.m. along the U.S. 52 Connector and Rivers Avenue.
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified the bicyclist as 47-year-old Virgil Smalls.
Authorities stated that Smalls was riding his bicycle when a Jeep Grand Cherokee fatally struck him from the rear.
Smalls was transported to MUSC but was pronounced dead shortly there after.
The driver of the SUV reportedly was not injured and charges, if any, are unknown at this time.
A lifelong Berkeley County resident, Nikki Gaskins Campbell is an Emmy-nominated journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering news. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in broadcast journalism.
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