FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 19, 2000
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS SIX KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS JUNE 16 - 18
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of six people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, June 16, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, June 18, at midnight.
Five people died in single-vehicle collisions; four vehicles struck either a pole or a tree and one vehicle overturned. One person died in a two-car collision when she pulled out of a parking lot into the path of an oncoming vehicle. So far this year, 488 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 451 at this time last year.
| Interstates | 0 |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | 6 |
| Seat belts used | 2 |
| Seat belts not used | 3 |
| Seat belt usage unknown | 1 |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary. For more information on any of the fatalities, please contact us.
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