The South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who was hit while performing a traffic stop in Orangeburg County has died.

A South Carolina trooper has died three days after he was struck by a box truck while walking back to his cruiser following a traffic stop. Trooper 1st Class Dennis Ricks died Wednesday at the hospital,

South Carolina law enforcement are mourning the loss of a state trooper Friday after Trooper Dennis Ricks was killed in the line of duty. Fellow law enforcement officers and Trooper Ricks family honored his memory with a proper sendoff.