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Fatal pedestrian accidents are all too common across the country and Mississippi is no exception. Every year dozens of pedestrians are killed across the state with dozens more suffering serious and potentially debilitating injuries. Whenever one of these accidents occurs it should serve as a grave warning to Mississippi motorists about the importance of slowing down and paying careful attention…
Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office say that 11 children were hospitalized following a serious school bus accident earlier this month. The wreck happened just after 4 p.m. as the bus was making its afternoon drop-offs. Police say that the bus wreck took place on U.S. 61 near Poplar Hill Road in Jefferson County, MS. Witnesses say that the…
In an alarming bit of information for those families in Mississippi with loved ones in nursing homes, the state recently earned a “D” on its nursing home report card issued by a national patient advocacy group. Families For Better Care said that the state has a long way to go to improve the quality of care offered to Mississippi seniors.…
A helicopter accident in Madison County, MS led to injuries to the pilot and a scared patient and flight crew. Authorities say the emergency landing not only resulted in injuries to occupants but major physical damage to the chopper itself. Officials with local law enforcement agencies say that the helicopter made a hard emergency landing in someone’s back yard. The…
Police in Mississippi say that six teenagers were injured and one 14-year-old died following a recent Warren County car crash. The accident happened just before 9 p.m. on Newitt Vick Drive in Vicksburg. According to authorities, a 16-year-old was driving the 2011 Toyota Corolla at the time of the crash. The teen lost control of the car and crashed it…
A man from Richton, MS has been indicted following a deadly accident back in April that left an unsuspecting 20-year-old dead. Police say that 50-year-old Randall Langele has been charged with DUI-manslaughter following the fatal accident. According to authorities, John Michael Arcier was killed when the car he was driving was hit by Langele’s Ford F-150 pickup truck. Police say…
Recently, police in Ocean Springs, Mississippi reported an accident that occurred when a school bus collided with a pickup truck. Authorities say the Ocean Springs school bus was carrying 41 middle and high school students at the time of the crash. According to police, the accident took place just before 8 a.m. last Wednesday when the school bus smashed into…
A man from southern Mississippi says that he’s thankful he and his son are alive but has questions about the behavior of police officers in Biloxi who engaged in a high speed chase with a suspect that ultimately crashed into their vehicle. The injured man, Sabree Rashid, says he wonders whether the police are placing the public’s safety as a…
A Eupora police officer died Wednesday, October 23, 2013, while attempting to deploy a spike strip in an effort to stop a vehicle believed to have been used in a failed bank robbery. Mississippi Highway Patrol Sgt. Criss Turnipseed stated that Officer Crenshaw was putting down spike strips along U.S. Highway 82 in front of the suspects’ car. Turnipseed stated…
Police in Starkville, Mississippi say that an accident in a McDonald’s parking lot left one teen dead and another seriously injured. The accident happened a little after 2 in the morning at the McDonald’s located on Highway 12. Police who responded to the accident scene say that the 18-year-old driver of the vehicle, Sawyer Steede, had been drinking prior to…