at approximately 1:00 a.m. while driving to help track down a suspect who was holding a child hostage. Cpl. Dale Hallman, a member of Saluda’s Bloodhound Tracking Team, was driving to assist Uniform Road Patrol with an Edgefield County chase when he crashed his car. Hallman was responding with lights and siren activated in a 1994 Chevrolet Tahoe. Cpl. Hallman was not wearing his seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. The suspect police were tracking was armed and had a child with him. Hallman was taken to Self Regional Medical Center where he died from his injuries. His K9 “Copper, a Belgium Malinois was found at the scene, and is expected to recover. He worked at the Saluda County Sheriff’s Office for five years, and was awarded the Medal of Valor in 2016.
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