Wrecks on South Carolina roads kill 12 during weekend

South Carolina Department of Public Safety officials said there were 12 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 three occurred on interstates.

In three of the deaths, officials said a seat belt was not used. Four people who died were wearing seat belts, while seat belt use was unknown for two others. Two people who died were unhelmeted motorcyclists, while helmet use was unknown for another person.

As of Monday, 803 people have died on state highways, compared to 792 highway deaths during the same time period in 2015. Of the 513 motor-vehicle occupants who have died in 2016, 246 were not wearing seat belts.

According to DPS, 115 pedestrians have been killed compared to 97 during the same time period in 2015. So far 117 motorcyclists have been killed compared to 123 this time in 2015. Twenty bicyclists have died in 2016 compared to 15 this time last year.

This story was originally published October 24, 2016 at 3:43 PM with the headline "Wrecks on South Carolina roads kill 12 during weekend."