Personal Injury Law

South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Fatally Injured in Accident

By Michael Jeffcoat, Esq.

In a tragic turn of events, Lance Corporal James Haynes, an eleven year veteran of the South Carolina Highway Patrol, died early Friday morning in an accident as he responded to a tractor trailer collision. Corporal Haynes?s patrol car left the rain-slicked roadway near Orangeburg, South Carolina and struck a utility pole.

By all accounts, Trooper Haynes, the father of two, was a deeply committed family man. He was a little league coach and in one prior interview cited his mother as the most influential person in his life. On the job he was a frequently commended patrol officer who was named Trooper of the Month in September 2007 by the Orangeburg Times and Democrat newspaper.

Traffic-related incidents have been the leading cause of death of on-duty law enforcement officers for each of the last ten years.

Thanks to WIS, the Times and Democrat, and policemag for reporting.

Full post as published by Truck Accident Lawyer Blog on February 06, 2008 (boomark / email).