FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 26, 2001
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS FOUR KILLED
ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS FEBRUARY 23 - 25
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of four people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, February 23, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, February 25, at midnight.
Three people died in separate single-vehicle collisions. One woman was killed when she lost control of the vehicle she was driving; the vehicle overturned and was partially submerged in a ditch. One man was killed when his vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree. Another man was killed when his vehicle struck a construction barricade, ran off the road and overturned several times. Only one person was wearing a seat belt. One pedestrian was struck and killed.
As of February 25, 140 people had died on South Carolina highways, compared to 130 last year at this time.
| Interstates | 2 |
| US routes, SC routes and secondary roads | 2 |
| Seat belts used | 1 |
| Seat belts not used | 1 |
| Seat belt usage unknown | 1 |
| Seat belt usage not applicable | 1 (pedestrian) |
Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions reported to the South Carolina Highway Patrol as of February 25, 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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