WXII 12, WSLS 10 – SURRY COUNTY, N.C. — A Carroll County, Va., man died after being hit by a North Carolina Highway Patrol vehicle Saturday evening.
Officials said the accident happened shortly before 6 p.m. on Interstate 74 East, less than a mile east of Highway 89 in Surry County.
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The man hit was identified Sunday as Romie Clark Bobbitt, 78, of Lambsburg, Va. Authorities believe Bobbitt was driving a vehicle that had been side-swiped by another car.
Bobbitt saw a trooper performing a routine traffic stop, and he pulled over, got out of his vehicle and walked toward the trooper to explain what happened.
It was then that he was hit by a Highway Patrol SUV, officials said. Bobbitt died at the scene.
The names of the troopers haven't been released.