FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 29, 2001
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS SEVEN KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS JANUARY 26-28
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of seven people killed on South Carolina highways the weekend of January 26-28.
Three people died when their vehicles collided with other vehicles. One person died when his vehicle ran off the road and struck a culvert. One woman died when the vehicle in which she was riding struck a tree. Two people in separate vehicles died after one of the vehicles travelling at a high rate of speed lost control, swerved and struck the other car.
As of January 29, 49 people had died on South Carolina highways, compared to 69 last year at this time.
| Interstates | 0 |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | 7 |
| Seat belts used | 2 |
| Seat belts not used | 4 |
| Seat belt usage unknown | 1 |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions reported to the South Carolina Highway Patrol as of January 29, 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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