PLEASE BUCKLE UP YOUR
CHILDREN: CHILD KILLED, 2 ADULTS INJURED IN EARLY MORNING FORREST CO., MS, WRECK OF AN
18-WHEELER. THE CHILD WAS AN
UNRESTRAINED PASSENGER IN THE 18-WHEELER.
Posted: Jan 06, 2015 10:30 AM EST Updated: Jan 06,
2015 10:30 AM EST
FORREST COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI (WDAM) -
A two-year old died early this morning from a one
vehicle wreck on Highway 13 in south Forrest County in Mississippi.
According to Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict,
Michael Marty-Thomas Whisenant, 2, died from multiple internal injuries
sustained in an 18 wheeler accident on Highway 13, about three miles west of
Carnes.
According to Benedict, the child was an unrestrained
passenger in the vehicle, and two adults were taken by ambulance to Forrest
General Hospital.
The cause of the one-vehicle wreck is under
investigation.
As of 9:45 both lanes of Hwy 13 are closed for cleanup.