A person whose name was long found atop articles in the sports section of The Sumter Item died Sunday after initially being taken to the hospital from the sidelines of a Friday Night Lights game in Lake City.
Eddie Litaker was hit Friday as he was reporting from the sidelines of the Lakewood-Lake City game and initially taken to the hospital from the field with a broken leg. Ahead of his scheduled surgery Sunday after being transferred to McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, a blood clot moved from his leg to his chest, and medical staff was unable to revive him.
He was 56.