Three killed in multi-vehicle collision on Midlands road, SC Highway Patrol says
Three people were killed in a crash on a Midlands road, South Carolina Highway Patrol said Sunday.
The two-vehicle collision happened at about 6 p.m. Saturday on S.C. 45, Cpl. Sonny Collins said.
Two people in a 2010 Ford Crown Victoria, and another person in a 1992 Cadillac, died in the head-on crash, according to Collins.
The Ford and Cadillac were heading in opposite directions when they collided on the road outside of Eutawville, Collins said.
The Orangeburg County Coroner’s Office will publicly identify the people after notifying their families.
None of the occupants of the vehicles wore a seat belt, according to Collins.
Information on what led to the head-on wreck was not available, but the crash is being investigated by Highway Patrol.
Through Friday afternoon, 845 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2020, according to the Department of Public Safety. Of those, 573 of the victims had access to seat belts, but 304 were not wearing them, DPS reported.
There have been at least 30 people killed in Orangeburg County crashes in 2020, and seat belts were not used in at least 22 of the collisions, according to DPS.
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