Decatur Man
Dies in Log Truck Accident in Meridian, Jones County,Mississippi
Posted:
Thu 5:54 PM, Jan 01, 2015
Meridian,
Mississippi
A Decatur man has died after being trapped in an overturned log truck in Jones
County Wednesday.
42-year-old
Rickey D. Stewart of Decatur was trapped in an overturned log truck for two and
a half hours Wednesday morning, before he died of his injuries. He was involved
in a two vehicle accident that happened on Highway 29 south of Ellisville.
Stewart's 18-wheeler hauling logs struck another vehicle near a bridge and went
down an embankment. First responders tried to extract Stewart from the vehicle,
and a life flight helicopter was on the scene but left after the coroner
confirmed his death.