Fatal TRUCK wreck in Copiah County, Mississippi
claims a life
(Source: WLBT)
Posted: Jan 04, 2015 1:18 AM EST Updated: Jan 04, 2015
2:21 AM EST
By Shderia Thompson
COPIAH COUNTY, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
Saturday night Copiah County Sheriff Harold Jones
confirmed a fatal accident that occurred in the Carpenter Community, off
Highway 18 in Copiah County.
"(It was a) one truck wreck with, I believe one
fatality," Jones said.
Our crew, that arrived on the scene, said the vehicle's
passenger side was burned and it appeared to be a white pickup truck.
Our team said the vehicle appeared to have crashed into
the woodline, off Hwy. 18.
Our crew witnessed the jaws of life being used to cut
the door from the pickup and remove the body inside.
At this time we do not know the gender of the victim or
the circumstances surrounding the accident.
Sheriff Jones informed us that MHP was investigating the
accident and that the Copiah County Sheriff's Department was assisting.
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