BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On November 24th at 2 p.m., Douglas Soles, 36, of Orangeburg was traveling east on Old State Road in Berkeley County when a van with five children and their mother were traveling west and collided head-on, stated Coroner Bill Salisbury.
Soles was pronounced dead on the scene, and the mother and children were transported to MUSC in Charleston.
His death has been ruled accidental and he was not wearing a seatbelt, Salisbury added.
The accident is under investigation by the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
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