SCDOT honors fallen workers

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PRESS RELSEASE: The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) held a ceremony Thursday, April 28, 2022, to honor the men and women who have given their lives in service to SCDOT and the state of South Carolina.

The SCDOT Workers Memorial ceremony began at 10 a.m. in front of SCDOT Headquarters in Columbia. This is the location of the SCDOT Workers Memorial wall, which was unveiled in 2018.

Speakers included Secretary of Transportation Christy A. Hall and SCDOT Commission Chairman David E. “Gene” Branham Sr.

The Memorial honors SCDOT employees, dating back to the 1920s, killed while working on the highways as well as those who died on the job from natural causes.

This year’s ceremony added the name of SCDOT Greenwood Maintenance employee Charles “Chuck” Kennedy, who died in the line of duty on June 10, 2021 while on the way to a work site.

The ceremony was streamed via the SCDOT Internet page, www.scdot.org, and SCDOT Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/SCDOT.