FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 4, 2000
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS PRELIMINARY
NUMBER OF FIVE KILLED ON HIGHWAYS DEC. 1-3
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of five people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, Dec. 3, at midnight.
Four of the fatalities were the result of one crash on Interstate 26 where a dump truck ran off the interstate and slammed into a culvert before coming to rest on the bank of a small stream. A fifth person in the truck was airlifted from the crash site. No one in the truck was wearing a seat belt and no other vehicles were involved. The fifth person to die was killed when his car ran off the left side of the road and struck a tree near Wahalla. He also was not wearing a seat belt.
There have been 992 fatalities so far this year, compared to 987 at the same time in 1999.
| Interstates | 4 |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | 1 |
| Seat belts used | 0 |
| Seat belts not used | 5 |
| Seat belt usage unknown | 0 |
| Seat belt usage not applicable | 0 |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions reported to the South Carolina Highway Patrol as of December 3, 2000. For more information on any of the fatalities, please contact us.
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