FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2001
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS THREE KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS JUNE 15-17
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of three people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, June 15, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, June 17, at midnight.
Two people died in separate collisions on Interstate 26, while the third person died in a single vehicle wreck outside of Bishopville. One person was ejected from a vehicle on Interstate 26 after the driver lost control of the vehicle and it flipped over a guardrail. In the second Interstate-26 collision, the driver of one vehicle was ejected after her vehicle struck a tree. And the driver of a vehicle in Lee County apparently lost control of her vehicle, ran off the road, struck a culvert and was partially ejected from the vehicle, which then rolled over her.
As of June 18, 404 people had died on South Carolina highways, compared to 510 last year at this time.
| Interstates | 2 |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | 1 |
| Seat belts used | 0 |
| Seat belts not used | 3 |
| 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 June 18, 2001. 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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