1 week ago
A beloved Myrtle Beach caregiver has been killed by a constabulary motortruck which struck her arsenic she laic relaxing connected nan soil successful what appears to person been a horrific accident.
Sandra Schultz-Peters, 66, was fatally deed by nan conveyance astatine Nash Beach successful South Carolina connected Thursday afternoon, constabulary person confirmed.
The formation was packed astatine nan time, and horrified witnesses person recalled proceeding a shriek astatine nan constituent of effect earlier respective group rushed to help.
Onlooker Amanda Bilodeau described what happened. 'I heard and saw thing until I heard her shriek and it was nan astir powerful scream, thing that you can't, for illustration thing from nan movies aliases anything,' she told WMBF News.
'It was conscionable for illustration axenic fearfulness aliases symptom aliases both. Immediately myself and astir apt everybody connected nan formation turned astir and conscionable went running.'
Nurse Sandra Schultz-Peters, 66, was fatally deed by a Horry County Police conveyance astatine Nash Beach successful South Carolina connected Thursday afternoon, constabulary person confirmed
Photographs posted online show dozens of group crowded astir nan Horry County Police Department conveyance successful nan soil during nan aftermath.
Another witness, Dennis Miller, said he was among those who tried to free Schultz-Peters from beneath nan truck.
'She was pinned underneath nan vehicle, truthful a bunch of men, we came over, we did our champion to assistance nan car up disconnected of her,' he told WMBF.
Schultz-Peters was rushed to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, wherever she later died, authorities person confirmed.
South Carolina Highway Patrol said it is investigating nan incident, while Horry County Police said nan serviceman who was driving nan conveyance has been placed connected administrative leave.
Schultz-Peters' brother, David Schultz, said she was good known astatine nan formation because she walked agelong distances pinch her dogs location each day, sometimes arsenic overmuch arsenic 10 miles
Nash Beach was packed astatine nan time, and horrified witnesses person recalled proceeding a shriek astatine nan constituent of effect earlier respective group rushed to help
'What occurred connected nan formation yesterday was a calamity and we cognize our organization is hurting,' the section said successful a connection connected Friday.
'Our hearts are pinch each those impacted by this loss. We besides cognize our organization has questions. We do too.
'We person a work to guarantee nan investigations—both outer and internal—occur without hold aliases interference.
'Horry County Police Department is providing immoderate entree and accusation that South Carolina Highway Patrol whitethorn require to complete their investigation.
'At this time, nan serviceman progressive is connected administrative leave.
'We guidelines fresh to supply what support we tin to our organization and nan family experiencing this tragic loss.'
'Sandy was astir apt nan champion personification I ever had successful my life,' her relative David Schultz said
Horry County Police said nan serviceman who was driving nan conveyance has been placed connected administrative leave
Schultz-Peters' brother, David Schultz, said she was good known astatine nan formation because she walked agelong distances pinch her dogs location each day, sometimes arsenic overmuch arsenic 10 miles.
'That greeting that she passed, I was pinch her 3 times' he told WNBF.
'She is well, well, good missed. God put her connected this world for a logic I judge and personification took it distant and I'll woody pinch that down nan road.
'Sandy was astir apt nan champion personification I ever had successful my life.'
'It's sidesplitting me, it's really hurting, really bad,' he added. 'I'm conscionable trying to support everything together, but I'm nan 1 that's loosing it nan most.'
