FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 2, 2001
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS EIGHT KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS DEC. 29 – JAN. 1
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of eight people killed on South Carolina highways from 6 p.m. Friday, December 29, through midnight Monday, January 1.
Four people died when their vehicles left the road, striking a tree. One pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle. One person died after his vehicle ran into a creek. Two people died when their vehicles overturned.
As of Jan. 1, 1,057 people had died on South Carolina highways in 2000, compared to 1,064 in 1999. The number of fatalities fell this New Year’s holiday weekend compared to last year when 13 people died over a similar 78-hour period.
| Interstates | 4 |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | 4 |
| Seat belts used | 2 |
| Seat belts not used | 5 |
| Seat belts n/a | 1 (pedestrian) |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions reported to the South Carolina Highway Patrol as of January 1, 2001. For more information on any of the fatalities, please contact us. Also, the DPS web site address has changed to www.scdps.org. Please bookmark this address and visit the web site often. You will find the latest DPS news there as well as information about the various DPS divisions.
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