Wrecks on South Carolina roads kill 10 during weekend

South Carolina Department of Public Safety officials said there were 10 road deaths reported during this past weekend.

Officials said nine of the deaths occurred on U.S. routes, S.C. roads and secondary roads and one occurred on an interstate.

In five of the deaths, officials said a seat belt was not used. One person killed was using a seat belt, and seat belt use was unknown for another. One person killed was a pedestrian, one was an unhelmeted motorcyclist and another was a bicyclist.

As of Monday, 676 people have died on state highways, compared to 661 highway deaths during the same time period in 2015. Of the 433 motor-vehicle occupants who have died in 2016, 208 were not wearing seat belts.

Ninety-six pedestrians have been killed compared to 77 during the same time period in 2015. Ninety-eight motorcyclists have been killed compared to 100 this time in 2015. Seventeen bicyclists have died in 2016 compared to 12 this time last year.

This story was originally published September 12, 2016 at 12:43 PM with the headline "Wrecks on South Carolina roads kill 10 during weekend."