Contact: SID GAULDEN, 803-600-8119
The Orangeburg
Department of Public Safety, Orangeburg County
Sheriff’s Office and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office are investigating.
“The entire department and law enforcement
community mourns the sudden loss of Trooper Haynes,” said SCDPS Director James
K. Schweitzer. “Our deepest condolences are extended to his family and friends.”
Haynes graduated from Highway Patrol
Training School in 1997 and had been assigned to Troop Seven, which includes
Orangeburg, Calhoun, Barnwell,
Haynes was married with two children
and resided in
Haynes is a 1987 graduate of
“We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic
news we received this morning of
Trooper Haynes’ death,” said Highway Patrol Col. Russell F. Roark,
III. “Even though we all know that the job of a law enforcement officer is
dangerous, we are never prepared for such a loss.”
Trooper Haynes’ fellow troopers
remember him as deeply dedicated to his family and to the Highway Patrol. He
often received commendations from the public for his selfless service in the
performance of his duties.
The last trooper to die in the line-of-duty was
J.W. Parker in 2005. Parker was killed in
Further information on memorial service plans will
be released by the Highway Patrol at the wishes of the family.
