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Crash kills driver in Colleton County
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
A single-vehicle crash in Colleton County on Sunday afternoon killed a Round O man, the Highway Patrol reported.
A Patrol Web site identified the driver killed in the 3:30 p.m. crash as Charles Aron Therrell, 51. Therrell was driving a 2003 Dodge on Maybank Lane west of Jacksonboro when he went off the road and overcorrected, Lance Cpl. Bob Beres said. The vehicle overturned and ejected Therrell, who was not wearing a seat belt. A passenger wearing a seat belt was not injured.
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majorjohnson (anonymous) says...
Yeah, instead of learning to drive and actually keep your vehicle on the road, wear your seatbelt. Most accidents in this state are single vehicle accidents, and many of the multiple vehicle accidents are caused by someone over correcting after they run off the road. It's incredible how many people just cannot manage to stay on the pavement in this state.
What is it with your seatbelt fetish anyway harpo? Do you own seatbelt stock or something?
May 6, 2008 at 7:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Girleygirl (anonymous) says...
It's habit forming for me to always wear my seatbelt as well. I will not drive off unless EVERYONE in my car is strapped in.
My condolences sent to the family
May 6, 2008 at 9:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
majorjohnson (anonymous) says...
Not meant as a derogatory comment harpo, I'm a fanatic about me and my passengers wearing seat belts myself. I do notice that even seat-belted people are killed by running off of empty streets into trees, and those accidents account for more deaths and injuries in total than lack of seat belts do.
As far as the insurance not covering you if you aren't buckled in, I used to agree with you. Unfortunately if insurance doesn't cover those people our taxes will, so it's still going to come out of our pockets one way or another. You can pay in higher premiums or higher taxes, but you're gonna pay.
May 6, 2008 at 2:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
majorjohnson (anonymous) says...
Your odds of surviving are best if you don't drive off the danged road or meet someone who can't keep their vehicle on the road. Over half of all accidents in this state involve a vehicle just driving off of the pavement. If we could just keep people from driving onto the shoulder and over correcting or driving into trees the number of deaths by lack of seatbelt usage would be negligable. I do believe in seatbelts, but it's not the problem in South Carolina as far as deaths or injuries are concerned.
Making the road wider isn't the answer either. I don't know what the real answer is, but it has to do with who we let drive. People in this state just cannot seem to handle a car. I've driven in 40 states and 13 countries, and I've seldom seen the kind of driving I see here on a regular basis. I don't believe it's folks from off, I think it's something in the water here or something.
May 6, 2008 at 8:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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