FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 30, 2001
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS TEN KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS JULY 27 - 29
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of ten people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, July 27, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, July 29, at midnight.
Former Hampton County Sheriff Sidney Lanier Dupree and his wife, Alma Dupree, both 70, died Sunday after the vehicle he was driving collided with a pickup truck along U.S. Highway 17-A in Dorchester County. Dupree, a former South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper, and his wife died at the scene of the 2 p.m. head-on collision. The Duprees were wearing seat belts. In Anderson County two people, one of whom was pregnant, died in another head-on collision Sunday evening. A third head-on collision, this one in Marion County Saturday, claimed the life of one person.
As of July 30, 539 people had died on South Carolina highways, compared to 631 last year at this time.
| Interstates | 0 |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | 10 |
| Seat belts used | 4 |
| Seat belts not used | 4 |
| Seat belt usage not applicable | 2 (1 motorcyclist, 1 pedestrian) |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions reported to the South Carolina Highway Patrol as of July 30, 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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