Alexander “AJ” Jennings, who was filming “Outer Banks” in Charleston, was pronounced dead after a double hit-and-run early Tuesday, a press release states.
Chase Stokes’ “Outer Banks” stand-in, Alexander “AJ” Jennings, died early Tuesday following a hit-and-run accident.Actor Alexander “AJ” Jennings, who was Chase Stokes’ stand-in on “Outer Banks,” is dead following a hit-and-run involving two cars. He was 22.that at approximately 2:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, a pedestrian – later revealed to be Jennings – had been struck while crossing a road in North Charleston, SC. The car fled the scene immediately.
Eyewitnesses told authorities that Jennings was then hit by a second car, which also left the scene. The driver of the second car was located during a traffic stop in downtown Charleston shortly after, the release states.The actor was then transported to The Medical University of South Carolina, where he died as a result of his injuries. The coroner’s office listed his time of death as 3:13 a.m.
No charges have been filed yet, and the driver of the first vehicle remains at large, police announced.Stokes, who portrays John B in the Netflix series, took to his Instagram Story to mourn the loss of his friend. “Still trying to process why certain things happen, and why the world works in the ways that it does,” he wrote on Wednesday.
“My heart is shattered. Your life was just starting. We JUST talked about how pumped you were about your tunes, how far you’d come with that ole 6 string and your want to keep creating art. Always always making others hearts warm and being so damn selfless.”“We all love you, you touched all of our lives and made us all better people and for that, Thank you AJ,” he wrote. “Fly high angel.
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