A South Carolina Man Followed A Woman To A Hospital Emergency Room. Then, He Backed His Car Over Her, Cops Say.

A South Carolina man shifted his car into reverse and backed into a woman at a hospital emergency room on purpose, police say.

Derrick Richardson, 26, was charged with first-degree attempted murder and second-degree domestic violence Monday for an incident in Charleston last June.

Authorities say Richardson followed two people to the hospital. Then he reportedly exchanged words with one of them, a female, outside an emergency room.

WCSC-TV reported Richardson then put his vehicle in reverse, struck the female and drove away. The extent of the woman's injuries from the collision are not clear.

Richardson was held April 5 in a North Charleston jail on $275,000 bond.