Williamsburg County Road Honors SC Trooper Killed in 1956
HEMINGWAY, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has honored a state trooper who died trying to stop cars from racing on a public road in Williamsburg County in 1956.
Douglas Road off state Highway 261 near Hemingway was named the “SCHP Patrolman Arnold Reo `Buck’ Carter Memorial Highway” on Friday.
Carter had been a trooper for about two years when he got a call about two vehicles racing on a public road in 1956.
Authorities say one of the cars went off the road and hit the 27-year-old officer. He died a short time later.
The Legislature approved the memorial last year.
Members of Carter’s family were on hand when the signs were unveiled.
