A Las Vegas truck driver is recovering after being struck by a passing vehicle as he tried crossing an Orangeburg road on Saturday.

Police say the 46-year-old was hospitalized Saturday night when he was hit by a minivan travelling east on Chestnut Street.

Around 9:05 p.m., police were dispatched to Chestnut Street after a concerned citizen reported a pedestrian versus car accident.

When police arrived, they found a man laying on the roadway “bleeding profusely” from the head, according to an ODPS incident report. An ambulance was called.

An Orangeburg woman at the scene told officers she had struck the man, the report said. The 51-year-old said she was travelling in the left-hand lane when the collision occurred. She told police she did not see the man.

The officers noted in the report that there was a light rain at the time of the crash.

Witnesses told police the trucker had parked his tractor-trailer in the median and crossed to find someone to ask directions to Highway 301. When the man was making the return trip to his truck, he was hit by the van.

Investigators believe the van struck the trucker in his hip area, causing his head to crash into the windshield of the vehicle, the report said. He then rolled on top and was carried about 30 feet before tumbling to the roadway, the report indicates.

Investigators said on Monday the man was conscious but not alert enough for a statement. Police say he has non-life threatening injuries.

No charges are expected to filed, police say.

In other reports:

It was the weekend for vehicle thefts in the county, according to OCSO incident reports.

A Holly Hill woman on Saturday reported her Nissan was stolen from her yard. The woman said that around 9 a.m., she left her burgundy Maxima in her yard with the engine running. When she went back out about 10 minutes later, the $10,000 car was gone.

Deputies entered the vehicle into the National Crime Information Center system.

* A Zion Church Road man told deputies Sunday his four-wheeler was missing from his shed. The man said around 7 a.m., he noticed the green 2008 Arctic Cat worth about $3,240 was gone.

* A Eutawville woman called authorities on Saturday when she realized someone made off with her vehicle.

She said her teal green 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier was at her Adidas Street home on Friday. On Saturday, the $6,000 vehicle wasn’t.

* A Eutawville man told deputies his golf cart was taken from his carport last week.

Around 1 p.m. Thursday, the man realized his black and silver golf E-Z GO golf cart worth about $6,900 was missing.

* A Mingo Street man said the residence he shares with relatives was burglarized, according to an OCSO incident report.

The man said that at some point between July 15 and Aug. 10, someone took a 20-inch gold chain and a Hi-Point brand handgun from his bedroom.

And from Aug. 10 until this weekend, someone removed electronics, more jewelry and other items totalling $6,160, he said.

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