Eight vehicles were involved in a car crash around 7:30am on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 in Columbia, SC, and eight passengers were taken to the hospital from the scene. No report yet on the severity of their injuries. According to WLTX, the accident occurred when a vehicle spun out of control just as it got… Read More
Five students aboard a school bus in Columbia sustained injuries after an accident was caused by a reckless driver, an article of News 2 reported on April 5. According to reports, before 8:00 a.m. on April 4, a school bus containing 24 students was struck by a pickup truck. The accident reportedly happened after the pickup… Read More
An early morning accident occurred on Interstate 26 in the eastbound lane of travel located northwest of Columbia, SC. The accident involved over ten vehicles, one of which was a large tanker-truck carrying 8,500 gallons of combustible fuel. The accident caused the truck to spill fuel all over the interstate. The truck and surrounding cars… Read More
On Memorial Day, May 25, 2015 around 8:00 A.M., a 21-year-old Charlotte woman was killed in a deadly car accident on highway 151 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. The accident reportedly occurred because the driver fell asleep at the wheel. There were two passengers in the car who survived the crash. The passengers have undergone… Read More
On May 19, 2015 Japanese automobile safety manufacturing company issued a massive recall on over 34 million cars. The cars were recalled because of a faulty airbag that once deployed can explode spraying shrapnel throughout the car during a crash. Thus far, it is reportedly believed that six deaths have been caused as a result… Read More
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department and the South Carolina Highway Patrol have teamed up for a new campaign to educate South Carolina Drivers on the proper actions to take when encountering emergency vehicles while on the road. At the we want to help spread the word about this new campaign in order to increase safety… Read More
A concept that was once limited to futuristic sci-fi movies is now a reality- a car that can drive itself. Recently, there has been a lot of news coverage about how driverless cars will soon be ready to enter the market and our roadways. Car companies like BMW, Mercedes Benz, and Toyota are just a… Read More
QUIT TEXTING, AND DRIVE! On Wednesday, June 4, the South Carolina General Assembly passed a statewide ban on texting and driving. The bill is now on the Governor’s desk where it is anticipated that the bill will be signed into law. During the first six months after the law takes effect, police and troopers will… Read More
On Wednesday June 6, 2014, a tractor-tailor hauling turkeys collided with a man driving a moped, causing the moped driver to be thrown from the moped and killed instantly. The collision happened at the intersection of Belfast Rd. at Silverstreet in Newberry, South Carolina. The accident closed Bellfast Road for several hours while the scene… Read More
At least one dead and two others were injured in a recent two-vehicle crash in Marion County, wbtw.com reported on May 23. Reports coming from the South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) said the fatal accident occurred at around 1:00 a.m. on Highway 378. An eastbound vehicle driven by Roneit Hagans, 24, was hit head-on by a… Read More
