Automobile Accidents

• South Carolina’s Child Passenger Restraint Law Mandates Proper Car Seat Safety

  Robyn Madden | September 17, 2009 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  This week we celebrate National Child Passenger Safety Week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-sCQsy5Pbk As a parent, I’ll never forget our first car seat installation. I read the...

• South Carolina Man Dies in One-Car Accident

  Jenny Albano | March 30, 2008 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A man from Geogetown County, South Carolina died in a one-car accident on Sunday morning, March 30.George Donnelly, 22, of Andrews was killed about 5:45 a.m. Sunday after his 1998 Camaro struck a ditch and overturned on S.C. 41 one mile South of U.S. 17 A, said a spokesman for the highway patrol. Donnelly who was ejected from the vehicle died of a closed head injury, said Georgetown County...

• Fatal Car Accident on I-77 Kills 2

  Pete Strom | September 13, 2007 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  2 Sumter men were killed earlier this week in a fatal car crash on I-77 in Fairfield County. The South Carolina Highway Patrol identified those who died at the scene as 66 year old Charles Ryles Senior and 32-year-old Leonel Garfia Servin.Investigators say the 1999 Chevy truck ran off the road and into the median before overturning.Neither man was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident...

• Church Van Accident on 1-20 Leaves 1 Dead, 1 in ICU

  Pete Strom | September 13, 2007 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A church passenger van overturned in Lee County in South Carolina Sunday evening leaving 1 dead and 3 hospitalized. According to Highway Patrol Officers, the driver lost control after a rear tire on the van blew out. As the driver tried to steady the van, Investigators say another tire blew out.38-year-old Jacqueline M. Moore of Columbia died Sunday while receiving treatment at Carolina Pines...

• Troopers Have a New Goal: Lower Fatalities

  Pete Strom | September 06, 2007 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  South Carolina state troopers are hitting the roads in the Midlands in an effort to reduce fatalities in those areas. Teams of troopers in the area are focusing only on stopping speeders and drunk drivers, in response to rising traffic death rates.During the first six months of 2007, seventy people died in Richland, Lexington, and Kershaw counties, a statistic that includes eleven more deaths...

• Columbia Car Accident on I-20 Kills Two

  Pete Strom | July 16, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A Texas man and his daughter were killed in a horrible car accident Saturday on I-20. Traffic was backed up for hours as investigators combed the scene.The highway patrol says a car with five people inside drove off the road near mile marker 88 around 2:00pm and hit a tree. Officials say there were two adults and three children from Texas in the car. One of my employees drove by the accident and...

• Rear facing infant car seats fail consumer reports front and side crash tests

  Pete Strom | January 18, 2007 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  While federal standards mandate that both cars and car seats withstand a 30-mph frontal crash, new cars usually undergo more rigorous testing. Most new cars are tested in both a 35-mph frontal impact collision and a 38-mph side impact collision; yet, infant car seats are only tested in the required 30-mph frontal impact collision. Consumer Reports recently tested 12 infant seats and discovered...

• Freight Train Crash in Bullitt County Kentucky Causes Chemical Fire Requiring Evacuation and Shelter in Place

  Pete Strom | January 16, 2007 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Today, January 16, 2007, a CSX train derailed in Bullitt County, Kentucky, causing a chemical fire. As a result of the chemical fire, authorities have ordered some residents to evacuate and has instructed almost an entire county to remain indoors with their doors and windows shut until further notice. This was the second train accident in two days in Kentucky and reminiscent of the January 6,...

• Tractor Trailer Overturns, Smashing Car In Accident

  Staff Writer | September 26, 2006 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A 20 year-old Texas man was killed early Tuesday morning when his car was crushed by a tractor trailer on I-26. The accident occurred in the eastbound lanes near mile marker 131. The lanes were shut down for a few hours afterward while authorities investigated.