Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher identified a man who was killed after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday at approximately 4:45 p.m.

The accident occurred in the 2800 block of Augusta Highway US 1) in Lexington.

Four people have been killed  on Lexington County roads since last Thursday.  A 22-year-old man was killed last Thursday in a collision on U.S. 1 near Interstate 20. On Sunday, a pedestrian was hit and killed on Leaphart Road in West Columbia. A tractor-trailer driver was killed in a fiery a crash on I-20 Tuesday morning. And Tuesday afternoon, according to Fisher, Mr. Santiago Mendez Molta, 44, of Pelion, was walking across the Augusta Highway (US 1) when he was struck by a motor vehicle.  Molta was pronounced dead at the scene due to his injuries sustained from the incident.

The driver of the vehicle, who was not injured, stopped at the scene to render aid.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating.