The family of a teacher killed last week in a small South Carolina town by a falling utility pole is taking aim at poor rural infrastructure
The family of a 31-year-old teacher killed last week after a falling utility pole violently struck her in a small South Carolina town is taking aim at poor rural infrastructure, saying that contributed to an avoidable death.
A lawyer for Robinson’s relatives said Tuesday the wooden post wouldn’t have collapsed so easily if utility companies had maintained equipment in the rural community as efficiently as they do in the city. Wagener is a town of roughly 600 people about 35 miles southwest of Columbia, the state capital.State Rep. Justin Bamberg, an attorney representing the family, said the leaning poles in Wagener had been rotting.
“The utter and complete failure from a lot of people who have more money than the state of South Carolina took her,” he said. State Sen. Brad Hutto vowed to examine utility regulations when the legislative session begins next January. He wants to ensure that companies report the results of their inspections and that some state agency monitors efforts to address any issues discovered by the utilities.
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