Teen jailed after driving wrong way, killing woman on I-26

WIS News ^ | 24 July 2011 | WIS Staff

[Feline_AIDS]

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) -

A man accused of driving his car the wrong way on Interstate 26 and killing a woman, faced a bond court judge Monday.

Charleston police charged 19-year-old Samuel McCauley with felony DUI and reckless homicide. A bond court judge issued McCauley a $52,324.50 bond for felony DUI and a $55,000 for reckless homicide.

Investigators say McCauley's car was going the wrong way on Interstate 26 early Sunday morning near downtown Charleston. The accident happened just after midnight on I-26 westbound just north of Coming Street near the Crosstown.

According to police, McCauley's Nissan Maxima crashed into a Honda Civic. Both drivers were transported to the Medical University of South Carolina for multiple injuries.

Police say the driver of the Civic, 72-year-old Eleanor Caperton, of Ladson, died as a result of her injuries at the hospital.

[Feline_AIDS]

I learned from a Freeper that you should never drive in the left lane of a divided highway at night because it is a wrong-way drunk's right (preferred) lane.

[HiTech RedNeck]

One has to be pretty darned soused to go up an exit ramp.

[cripplecreek]

Back when we were younger my sister had a boyfriend who killed two women the same way.

[steveo]

Sympathy for the perp headline