FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 13, 2000
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS TEN KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS NOVEMBER 10-12
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of ten people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, November 10, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, November12, at midnight.
Two pedestrians were killed in separate collisions and a six-year-old died in a two-car collision in Cherokee County. The six-year-old, who was riding in the front passenger seat, was not wearing a seat belt and died as a result of being struck by the vehicle’s air bag. Six of the eight motor vehicle occupants killed were not wearing seat belts. And felony DUI charges were made in two of the fatal collisions.
As of November 12, 917 people had died on South Carolina highways, compared to 919 last year at this time.
| Interstates | 0 |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | 10 |
| Seat belts used | 1 (1 unknown usage) |
| Seat belts not used | 6 |
| Seat belt usage not applicable | 2 (pedestrians) |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions reported to the South Carolina Highway Patrol as of November 12, 2000. For more information on any of the fatalities, please contact us. Also, the DPS web site address has changed to www.scdps.org. Please bookmark this address and visit the web site often. You will find the latest DPS news there as well as information about the various DPS divisions and their diverse responsibilities.
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