BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (WIS) - The family of a 74-year-old Bishopville man says his death should be a wake-up call after he was struck and killed on the highway outside of his assisted living facility, a home the state has already ordered to close .

Lee County Coroner Larry Logan confirmed that Leroy Eugene Davis died early Tuesday morning after being hit by a tractor-trailer along U.S. 15, about three miles from Cottonwood Villas, where he lived.

Last week, the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) revoked Cottonwood’s license to operate, citing repeated safety violations. That order is set to take effect at the end of October.

Davis’ death now increases scrutiny of supervision at the troubled facility.

For Davis’ great-niece, Nita Grimes, the decision from the state comes

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