FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2000
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS SEVEN KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS JUNE 23-25
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of seven people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, June23, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, June 25, at midnight.
Four people died in a head-on collision on South Carolina 23 early Friday evening. Alcohol is suspected of being a contributing factor to the four deaths in that collision. The driver and a passenger in the front seat were wearing seat belts at the time of the collision. A pedestrian was struck and killed on U.S. 76 outside of Belton. And a motorcyclist died after the cycle ran off the road on a sharp curve on Ball Park Road on St. Helena Island. The seventh fatality was recorded in Kershaw County, where a vehicle overturned and a passenger died. So far this year, 519 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 476 at this time last year.
| Interstates | 0 |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | 7 |
| Seat belts used | 2 |
| Seat belts not used | 3 |
| Seat belt usage unknown | 0 |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary. For more information on any of the fatalities, please contact us.
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