Tag: Patrol

Deer runs onto road and a driver is killed, South Carolina Highway Patrol says

A person was killed when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a deer on a South Carolina road, officials said. The crash happened Tuesday at about 4 a.m. in Spartanburg County, according to Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway of the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office identified 49-year-old Pacolet resident Alberry Fleming […]

Sheriff tells townships not to expect 24-hour road patrol until summer

BRANCH COUNTY — Sheriff John Pollacks told township boards in January he does not expect all six new road patrol deputies to be on patrol until this summer. After a lobbying effort with resolutions passed by each of the 16 townships, Branch County commissioners found funds in the 2024 budget to add six deputies to […]

Person killed when hit by two cars on busy SC road, Highway Patrol says

One person was killed Tuesday night after getting hit by two cars, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The collision happened at about 10 p.m. in Dorchester County, said Cpl. David Jones. A pedestrian was walking across Ashley Phosphate Road, near the intersection with Stratton Drive, according to Jones. The busy road is in […]