FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January10, 2000
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS FIVE KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS JANUARY 7 – 9
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of five (5) people killed on South Carolina highways from 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, through midnight Sunday, January 9.
An eight-month old Williamston girl, killed Sunday, was one of two passengers killed in separate collisions. The other was a 28-year-old Walterboro man, who died when the vehicle in which he was riding crashed into a tree. Both were wearing seat belts.
| Interstates | No fatalities |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | Five fatalities |
| Seat belts used | Two fatalities |
| Seat belts not used | One fatality, two unknown |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary. For more detailed information on any of the fatalities, please contact us.
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