Infuriating update in case of beach cop, 66, who drove over and killed woman as she lay sunbathing on sand

A South Carolina beach cop accused of running over and killing a woman as she was sunbathing has been allowed to retire.

Former beach safety director LCpl. Julian “Duke” Brown stepped down from the role with Horry County Police on July 26.

It came just weeks after he hit and killed nurse Sandra Schultz-Peters, 66, on the packed Nash Beach.

A resolution has been filed with Horry County Public Safety Committee to declare Brown’s gun as surplus property and to make it available to him after his retirement, WMBF reports.

Brown was placed on administrative leave following the tragic incident in June. He first joined the force in 1988 and had been the beach safety lead for his entire career.

South Carolina beach cop L Cpl. Julian “Duke” Brown who was accused of running over and killing a woman as she was sunbathing has been allowed to retire

But a wrongful death suit filed by the victim's family claims he failed to check for people or objects in the way before driving onto the sand.

The filings state he also ran over another person's belongings on the beach prior to hitting Schultz-Peters.

Schultz-Peters was lying on the sand when she was struck and became trapped under the vehicle for several minutes.

Photographs posted online show dozens of people crowded around the Horry County Police Department vehicle in the sand during the aftermath.

Dennis Miller, said he was among those who tried to free Schultz-Peters from beneath the truck.

Nurse Sandra Schultz-Peters, 66, was fatally hit by a Horry County Police vehicle at Nash Beach in South Carolina in June

Nash Beach was packed at the time, and horrified witnesses have recalled hearing a scream at the point of impact before several people rushed to help

'She was pinned underneath the vehicle, so a bunch of men, we came over, we did our best to lift the car up off of her,' he told WMBF.

Onlooker Amanda Bilodeau described what happened. 'I heard and saw nothing until I heard her scream and it was the most powerful scream, something that you can't, like nothing from the movies or anything,' she told WMBF News.

'It was just like pure fear or pain or both. Immediately myself and probably everybody on the beach turned around and just went running.'

Schultz-Peters was rushed to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, where she later died.

Her, David Schultz, said she was well known at the beach because she walked long distances with her dogs there every day, sometimes as much as 10 miles.

'That morning that she passed, I was with her three times' he told WNBF.

Brown first joined the force in 1988 and had been the beach safety lead for his entire career

Schultz-Peters' brother, David Schultz, said she was well known at the beach because she walked long distances with her dogs there every day, sometimes as much as 10 miles

 'She is well, well, well missed. God put her on this earth for a reason I believe and someone took it away and I'll deal with that down the road.

'Sandy was probably the best person I ever had in my life.'

'It's killing me, it's really hurting, really bad,' he added. 'I'm just trying to keep everything together, but I'm the one that's loosing it the most.'