Child killed in collision with tractor-trailer
By RICHARD WALKER, T&D Staff Writer Tuesday, July 24, 2007A 3-year-old Orangeburg child on Monday became the latest victim in a string of tragic deaths involving children on local roads.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol Web site lists Harley Williams as the child who died in the Monday afternoon collision. Williams is the fourth child to die in a car crash within the past week.
SCHP Lance Cpl. Bob Beres said a Pontiac Grand Prix driven by 24-year-old Tammy Ann Picard was struck after entering the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer.
"She was pulling out of Zion Church Road, making a left turn onto (S.C.) Highway 4," Beres said. "The truck was traveling east on Highway 4 and collided with the vehicle when she failed to yield right of way."
Picard and a male riding in the front seat of the vehicle were transported to Trident Regional Medical Center in Charleston, Beres said. Volunteer firemen at the scene said the male is believed to be Picard's son.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was Cedric Brown, 26, of St. Matthews. Brown was taken to Trident as well.
Emergency personnel said the tractor-trailer driver received few physical injuries, but remained in a state of shock following the collision.
Those same emergency workers said the youth in the front seat is believed to have suffered several lacerations as a result of the crash, while Picard may require surgery.
The crash occurred at about 1:28 p.m. Monday. Following the collision, Picard's vehicle was pushed to a point about 100 feet away from what appeared to be the initial point of contact between the two vehicles. Mangled vehicle parts were strewn between the intersection and the Pontiac.
The initial contact between the two vehicles appears to have been just behind the driver's door on the Pontiac. The tractor-trailer suffered minor damage.
The SCHP Web site said Williams was wearing a seat belt.
Monday's fatal crash was the latest to claim the life of a child.
A 10-year-old Tennessee girl was wearing her seat belt, but died last Tuesday after being ejected onto Interstate 26 from a van traveling to Georgia for a softball tournament.
And on Saturday, two North Carolina children were killed when they were ejected from a vehicle that veered into the median on Interstate 26 in Orangeburg County. That vehicle overturned several times, ejecting an 8-year-old male and a 14-year-old female.
T&D Staff Writer Richard Walker can be reached by e-mail at rwalker@timesanddemocrat.com or by telephone at 803-533-5516. Discuss this and other stories on-line at TheTandD.com.
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