The South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who was hit while performing a traffic stop in Orangeburg County has died.

The trooper died nearly four days after being hit by a vehicle while performing a traffic stop in the Midlands, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

South Carolina law enforcement are mourning the loss of a state trooper Friday after Trooper Dennis Ricks was killed in the line of duty. Fellow law enforcement officers and Trooper Ricks family honored his memory with a proper sendoff.