GREENVILLE, S.C. ( FOX Carolina /Gray News) - Family and friends are remembering the life of a father and husband who was tragically killed while directing traffic in South Carolina.

The Greenville County Coroner’s Office said 40-year-old Cesar Humberto Peña died on Aug. 21 after he was hit by a pickup truck along East North Street .

Peña was working for his employer, Greenville Water, at the time and was wearing a reflective coat.

After he was hit, Peña was taken to Prisma Heath Greenville Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead that Thursday night.

Close friends and family say Peña was someone who was always there for others.

“What I think about was he was just a ‘show up guy.’ He always showed up for everything, family, friends, strangers,” Leo Newman, Peña’s friend, rem

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