FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2000
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS FOUR KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS OCTOBER 6 - 8
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of four people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, October 6, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, October 8, at midnight.
One passenger was killed after being ejected from a vehicle that had overturned. One driver was killed when his vehicle ran off a road and struck a tree. One driver was killed in a head-on collision with another vehicle. One driver was killed when her vehicle struck another vehicle and then struck a tree.
As of October 8, 820 people had died on South Carolina highways, compared to 823 last year at this time.
| Interstates | 0 |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | 4 |
| Seat belts used | 1 |
| Seat belts not used | 3 |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions reported to the South Carolina Highway Patrol as of October 8, 2000. For more information on any of the fatalities, please contact us.
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