FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 17, 2000
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS FIVE KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS JANUARY 14 - 16
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of five people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, January 14, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, January 16, at midnight.
Three fatalities resulted from single-vehicle collisions, and one person was killed in a two-vehicle collision. One person was killed when a car struck the motorcycle he was riding. Two of the four motor vehicle occupants killed were not wearing seat belts.
| Interstates | no fatalities |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | five fatalities |
| Seat belts used | one fatality |
| Seat belts not used | two fatalities |
| Seat belt usage unknown | one fatality |
| Seat belt usage not applicable | one fatality (motorcyclist – helmet usage unknown) |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary. For more detailed information on any of the fatalities, please contact us.
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