By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal

goliver@upstatetoday.com

EASLEY — A 22-year-old Easley man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle early Saturday morning on S.C. Highway 8.

The accident remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Pickens County deputy coroner Gary Duncan said Anthony Lemont Bowser, of Bowen Road, was lying in the eastbound lane at the time of the accident. Duncan added Bowser was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:15 a.m. and transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital for an autopsy.

South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Tony Keller said the accident occurred at 1:45 a.m. four miles north of Easley, when a 1998 Jeep struck the pedestrian.

Keller said the driver of the Jeep and two passengers were all wearing seatbelts, sustained no injuries, were not ejected from the vehicle and experienced no entrapment.

The accident remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

In addition to Bowser, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety reported last week that 90 pedestrians had died on state highways through Oct. 25, compared to 83 during the same period a year ago.