Wrecks on South Carolina roads kill 7 during weekend

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

Officials said five of the deaths occurred on U.S. routes, S.C. roads and secondary roads, one occurred on a county road and another happened on an interstate.

In four of the deaths, officials said a seat belt was not used. Two people who died were pedestrians and the other was an unhelmeted moped operator.

As of Monday, 875 people have died on state highways, compared to 884 highway deaths during the same time period in 2015. Of the 866 motor-vehicle occupants who have died in 2016, 277 were not wearing seat belts.

According to DPS, 121 pedestrians have been killed compared to 113 during the same time period in 2015. So far 126 motorcyclists have been killed compared to 130 this time in 2015. Twenty-two bicyclists have died in 2016 compared to 15 this time last year.

This story was originally published November 21, 2016 at 1:55 PM with the headline "Wrecks on South Carolina roads kill 7 during weekend."