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Deep Run High School graduate killed in hit-and-run

Nate Baker, a graduate of Deep Run High School, was killed by a hit-and-run driver in South Carolina April 2, 2025. (Contributed photo)

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The Deep Run High School community is in mourning after the tragic death of an alumnus.

Nate Baker, 21, died after being hit by a hit-and-run driver while away at college at the University of South Carolina on Wednesday afternoon.

Police in Columbia, South Carolina say around 2 p.m. that day, Baker was driving his motorcycle into an intersection when he was struck by a pick-up truck.

Police say the driver of that truck fled the scene but was later captured and identified as 24-year-old Rosali Fernandez-Cruz. Columbia police confirmed to media outlets in South Carolina that Fernandez-Cruz was wanted by ICE.

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