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ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - Newly released footage shows the moments leading up to a crash that killed a South Carolina state trooper earlier this year.

WIS obtained the dashcam video of the Aug. 10 wreck that killed Trooper Dennis Ricks in Orangeburg County via a Freedom of Information Act request with the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

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The video shows Ricks performing a traffic stop on Interstate 26 at 2 a.m. on a Nissan Altima that was driving along the outer lines of the interstate. Ricks

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