January 16 accident proves fatal

An elderly Westminster man died yesterday—nine days after a traffic accident on highway 11.  Coroner Karl Addis says the death of 80-year old Samuel G. Haley occurred at 5:58 yesterday morning at the Greenville Memorial Hospital and death was attributed to complications from a head injury.   According to Addis, Haley was one of two drivers involved in an accident at 8:10 Saturday morning, January 16 at south highway 11 and the Blackjack Road.  The highway patrol investigated.  Haley’s death is the third Oconee traffic fatality in the first four weeks of the New Year.