COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) -- A trooper with the South Carolina Highway Patrol has died just days after being struck by a vehicle on I-26 during a traffic stop.

Trooper First Class Dennis Ricks died Wednesday night, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. He was conducting a traffic stop on I-26 at mile marker 166 when he was struck by a box truck around 2 a.m. Sunday.

Ricks suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital. According to a social post from his wife, he suffered a severe brain injury, bleeding, swelling, kidney bleeding, and several broken bones.

“A graduate of SCHP Class 123 in September 2023, Ricks has proudly served in Troop 7 (Orangeburg, Calhoun) since then,” SCDPS said in their update. “This is a devastating loss for his family,

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