No charges against driver who hit, killed Fort Mill crossing guard

Logan Jennes
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No charges against driver who hit, killed Fort Mill crossing guard

FORT MILL, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — No one will be charged after a crossing guard was hit and killed by a car near Fort Mill Elementary School, according to the Fort Mill Police Department.

Around 3 p.m. on March 21, officers responded to Springfield Parkway for reports of a pedestrian who was struck. Authorities say 61-year-old crossing guard Stanley Brucker died from his injuries after being transported to a local hospital.

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Officials with the Fort Mill Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit, South Carolina Highway Patrol and the 16th Circuit Solicitor’s Office determined no criminal charges would be pressed against the driver of the vehicle.

In 2018, a Charlotte teen was arrested after striking a 58-year-old crossing guard around Fort Mill Middle School. The most recent incident was in 2021 when a 67-year-old woman was hit near another elementary school.

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