FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 24, 2000
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS FIVE KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS JANUARY 21 - 23
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of five people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, January 21, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, January 23, at midnight.
Three fatalities resulted from single-vehicle collisions, and one person was killed in a two-vehicle collision. The fifth person died as a result of a head-on collision. None of the five people killed were wearing seat belts.
| Interstates | One fatality |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | Four fatalities |
| Seat belts used | No fatality |
| Seat belts not used | Five fatalities |
| Seat belt usage unknown | No fatalities |
| Seat belt usage not applicable | No fatalities |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary. For more detailed information on any of the fatalities, please contact us.
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