South Carolina’s Department of Public Health confirmed four deaths linked to last weekend’s ice storm (around January 24-25, 2026). These include hypothermia cases and a slip-and-fall on residual ice.​
Incident Breakdown
- Oconee County: 79-year-old man from Seneca slipped on his icy driveway (Jan. 28 at 2:15 p.m.), suffered head injury complications, died in Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital ICU.​
- Charleston County: 59-year-old man died from hypothermia on Jan. 26.​
- Greenwood County: 96-year-old woman with dementia, missing and died from hypothermia on Jan. 26.​
- Lexington County: 83-year-old woman died from hypothermia on Jan. 25.​
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