Truck Accident Lawyer Blog

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.