FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 5, 2000
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS NINE KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS SEPTEMBER 1 - 4
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of nine people killed on South Carolina highways during the Labor Day holiday weekend, which ran from Friday, September 1, at 6 p.m. until Monday, September 4, at midnight.
Five people were killed in separate single-vehicle collisions and two people died in separate two-vehicle collisions. One person was killed when the vehicle he was driving collided with a tractor. One motorcyclist died in a multi-vehicle collision.
So far this year, 712 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 718 at this time last year.
| Interstates | 4 |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | 5 |
| Seat belts used | 2 |
| Seat belts not used | 6 |
| Seat belt usage not applicable | 1 (motorcyclist) |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions reported to the South Carolina Highway Patrol as of September 4, 2000. For more information on any of the fatalities, please contact us.
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