Woman fatally struck by police truck on South Carolina beach

A woman is dead being struck by a police vehicle on a South Carolina beach on Thursday. 

The Horry County police officer, who was not identified, has been placed on administrative leave, CBS News affiliate WBTW reported. 

The unidentified woman was facing east on Nash Street, in the Myrtle Beach area, at around 1 p.m. on Thursday. The officer, driving a 2020 Ford Ranger Pickup truck, approached from the north and hit the woman.