An employee at Spartanburg Regional Hospital died after being hit by a car Tuesday while walking to the main hospital building, according to police.

The Spartanburg Police Department is charging a driver on Tuesday after a pedestrian was struck and killed while trying to cross a roadway.Officers report a pedestrian who worked at Spartanburg Regional Hospital was walking on a crosswalk from the Physician Center to the main hospital near the intersection of East Wood Street and North Church Street at 8:40 a.

According to the Spartanburg Police Department, Mayita Cocio died after colliding with a vehicle as she was walking outside of the SMC.

A hospital employee has died after she was hit by a car near Spartanburg Medical Center on Tuesday morning. According to Spartanburg Police Department, at around 8:40 a.m. a woman was walking in the crosswalk at East Wood Street near North Church Street when a black Chevrolet Tahoe SUV traveling East Wood Street hit her.