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Mississippi Driver Collides With Horse And Buggy Sending Two To The Hospital

A recent article out of Pontotoc, Mississippi discussed an accident late last month which left two people injured, one critically. The accident was not your run of the mill crash involving two passenger vehicles. This one instead involved a Nissan Altima and a horse and buggy. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the strange accident took place at around 3:30…

Mississippi Skydiving Accident Leaves One Dead, One Injured

A terrible skydiving accident in southern Mississippi left a skydiving instructor dead and his student critically injured. The accident, which happened Saturday morning, resulted in the two men crash landing in the woods in rural Lumberton, MS. According to a statement from authorities in Lamar County, the 56-year-old instructor, James Horak, died after setting off with a group of divers…

Drunk Driver In Jackson Kills Pedestrian And Seriously Injures EMT

Police say that late last week a pedestrian was killed and a paramedic was seriously injured after a drunk driver crashed into them with his truck at the scene of an earlier accident. Police say the first accident occurred at 8:30 in the evening near the intersection of Bullard Street and Gymnasium Drive. EMTs responded to the first accident and…

Four Motorcyclists Airlifted After Two Separate Accidents In Tunica

The Mississippi Highway Patrol released a statement saying that three motorcyclists in north Mississippi were airlifted to a local hospital after being hit by an SUV outside Tunica. The accident involved several riders who were in Tunica for the weekend for a motorcycle festival. Police say two separate accidents left multiple riders recovering from critical injuries over the weekend. In…

BP Loses Another Attempt To Get Out Of Settlement Payments

More bad news for BP and its efforts to avoid paying injured plaintiffs across Mississippi and other Gulf Coast states the settlement money that they were promised. A federal judge in New Orleans last week ordered BP to put up another $130 million for settlement payments to cover the next three months. BP claims that the settlement administrator, Patrick Juneau,…

Mississippi Highway Patrol Officer Killed In Motorcycle Accident

Authorities have said that an off-duty member of the Mississippi Highway Patrol was killed in a motorcycle accident early last week in Senatobia, MS. Authorities say the officer, Sergeant Eric Lentz, was driving his 2005 Harley when he collided with a 2006 Dodge Charger. According to investigators at the scene who spoke to eyewitnesses, the driver of the truck attempted…

Mississippi Multi-Vehicle Accident Caused By Hydroplaning Leads To Several Injuries

A serious accident took place this last week in Gulfport, Mississippi according to recent news reports. The traffic along I-10 is backed up for miles after authorities say a multiple vehicle accident blocked westbound lanes. Police officials say the accident took place between the Lorraine-Cowan Road exist and the Highway 49 exit sometime Tuesday afternoon. Mississippi DOT officials say that…

BP Threatens To End Settlement Payments If It Does Not Gets It Way

A spokesperson for BP announced only a few days ago that the settlement it reached with private plaintiffs regarding the 2010 Gulf Coast oil spill could be threatened if the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decides against the oil company. BP claimed that if the Court does not agree to throw out the current payment calculation being used by claims…

Mississippi Accident Leaves Mother Dead And Young Children Seriously Injured

A 30-year-old Mississippi woman died and her two young children were injured in a terrible crash this weekend in Benton County, MS. Police say Erica Hendershot, died after being involved in a crash on U.S. Highway 72 at the intersection with Mississippi Route 7. Authorities say Hendershot was driving a Chevy Blazer north on Route 7 when she tried to…