Dorchester County, SC — April 18, 2024, Angelo Singleton was killed following a tow truck accident at around 12:45 p.m. along Highway 178.
Investigators said in preliminary statements that the accident happened in the area of Taylor Pond Road, outside of Harleyville.
According to officials, 66-year-old Angelo Singleton was in a Toyota going westbound on the highway. While attempting to make a turn off the highway, a tow truck also going westbound crashed into Singleton. As a result, Singleton died. One person in Singleton’s vehicle was taken to a hospital.
Right now, additional details about the crash can’t be confirmed.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
Generally speaking, it wouldn’t be surprising if something like distracted driving or following too closely led to this crash. Maybe this is some one-in-a-million, unavoidable crash, but odds are not in the favor of a driver who crashes into a vehicle slowing to make a turn. But it’s easy to chalk something like this up to simple driver error. In reality, commercial vehicle accidents often have deeper roots in the behavior of the employers involved. Is that true here?
In my experience litigating hundreds of commercial vehicle accidents, I’ve found that many commercial vehicle drivers work for employers who encourage or allow unsafe driving practices. Drivers are often under pressure to meet strict deadlines, work long hours, constantly communicate with micro-managing bosses, drive vehicles in various states of disrepair, or do tasks they’re not properly trained or adequately experienced enough to do safely. This then leads to crashes because reckless drivers are free to do as they please or because a driver who might otherwise be responsible is forced into a situation where a wreck was all but inevitable.
Despite how common this sort of behavior is, though, investigations by authorities typically stop at the crash site. They often talk about what happened, but they overlook why it happened. As a result, victims and families end up with only part of the larger picture. For folks who want to see accountability after a serious crash, that just isn’t good enough. If investigations here are equally shallow, there’s no telling who might be let off the hook.
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