Man Arrested In Connection To Fatal Hit And Run That Left One Teen Dead

Shortly before 6am on Sunday, 15-year-old Austin Barnard was hit by a vehicle along the 3000 block of Highway 17 Business near Stanley Drive in the Murrells Inlet area.

One man has been arrested in connection to a fatal hit and run incident.

Shortly before 6am on Sunday, 15-year-old Austin Barnard was hit by a vehicle along the 3000 block of Highway 17 Business near Stanley Drive in the Murrells Inlet area.

Barnard was pronounced dead at the scene. He was a student of St. James High School.

An investigation led to the arrest of 59-year-old Daniel Leaser. He has been charged with hit-and-run and duties of a driver involved in an accident with death.

Leaser is being held at the  J. Reuben Long Detention Center on a $50,000 bond.