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Thursday, May 16, 2013  A woman who authorities say killed her two young children and seriously injured her husband crashed her pickup into a tree so hard the roots came out of the ground.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Autopsies have determined two children authorities say were shot and killed by their mother suffered several gunshot wounds at the family's Pickens County home.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Authorities say a mother shot and killed her two children and wounded her husband in a home in Pickens County.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  A Ladson woman has been arrested and accused of causing her 17-month-old child's death last year.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  A Lancaster man has been accused of beating a 5-year-old girl to death.

Monday, February 18, 2013  Authorities say a 77-year-old man who refused to be checked by paramedics after crashing his car died a day later at the hospital.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  A 39-year-old Orangeburg man has died after he was crushed by a weightlifting bar while exercising by himself.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  Relatives say a Seneca man accused of killing his 7-month-old niece asked if he could watch over the girl the night before she died.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  Authorities say they charged a woman with neglect after finding her two children in a Loris hotel room with a dead body and drugs.

Friday, August 10, 2012  A special jury is deciding whether a 2-year-old boy mauled to death by dogs in Mount Pleasant died in an accident or if someone was responsible.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011  Authorities say a 48-year-old Greer man has been arrested for the second time in a week after making unnecessary calls to 911 and refusing help from paramedics.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011  Prosecutors, paramedics and law enforcement officers at a training session on child deaths heard from someone with some tragic first hand experience.

Monday, September 28, 2009  The recent death of a Columbia boy, reignited a debate over how Richland County handles emergency medical services.

Thursday, December 11, 2008  An investigation revealed 129 ambulance attendants across the U.S. are accused of sex-related crimes on duty or off.