South Carolina

Wrecks on South Carolina roads kill 4 during weekend

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

Officials said all of the deaths occurred on U.S. routes, S.C. roads and secondary roads.

In three of the deaths, officials said a seat belt was not used. The other death was a pedestrian.

As of Monday, 933 people have died on state highways, the same amount of deaths reported during the same time period in 2015. Of the 602 motor-vehicle occupants who have died in 2016, 299 were not wearing seat belts.

According to DPS, 131 pedestrians have been killed compared to 118 during the same time period in 2015. So far 133 motorcyclists have been killed compared to 134 this time in 2015. Twenty-five bicyclists have died in 2016 compared to 16 this time last year.

This story was originally published December 12, 2016 at 2:39 PM with the headline "Wrecks on South Carolina roads kill 4 during weekend."

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