News Briefs From Across The State
By Monica Land
Car’s hazard lights were flashing
Two women were killed after their stalled vehicle was hit by a truck. Angela Dame, 44, and Taetha Young, 19, both of Macon, died Thursday night, April 18, in the crash on U.S. 82 in Columbus, The Commercial Dispatch reports.
Antonio Gregory, also of Macon, was driving the Ford Crown Victoria when it stalled.
Authorities said Gregory exited the vehicle to check the engine when the car was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler driven by Timothy Lee Webb.
Lowndes County Deputy Coroner Tim Hamilton said Dame, the front seat passenger, died on the scene of blunt force trauma. Young was transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle and died in surgery.
Hamilton says it’s unclear if the women were wearing seat belts but says the vehicle had emergency flashers on.
The accident remains under investigation.
Miss. River closed at Vicksburg after bridge hit
The Coast Guard says the Mississippi River is closed at Vicksburg because barges hit a railroad bridge there and about 30 barges broke free from their tow.
Petty Officer Ryan Tippets says 15 barges have been recovered. He says two sank and crews are working to round up the rest. He couldn’t say when the bridge might reopen.
Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace tells The Vicksburg Post the barges were carrying coal and grain.
The bridge is used for rail traffic. It has not carried vehicle traffic since 1998.
US Highway 49 project nears completion
The Mississippi Department of Transportation is nearing completion of a U.S. Highway 49 improvement project in Hattiesburg.
The Hattiesburg American reports the $1.01 million project was awarded to Dunn Roadbuilders, LLC of Laurel.
All resurfacing work is scheduled to be completed early next week. Along with signal improvements, the project has included the installation of highway medians to provide landscape plantings and a concrete stamped pedestrian sanctuary. Protected left turn lanes, pedestrian signals, and crosswalks were also installed as part of the project.
Once all asphalt work has been completed, crews will place roadway striping, signaling completion of the project.
JPD: Man arrested inside the house he was burglarizing
WLBT is reporting that Jackson police have arrested a man inside the house he was allegedly burglarizing.
Ronnie Williams was searched by officers outside the Lockwood Avenue home, shortly after WLBT arrived on the scene about 2 p.m. Monday, April 15.
JPD says Williams, who is described as being in his early 30s, was in the north Jackson home when they arrived. A white Chevrolet truck, believed to be driven by Williams, was towed from the scene.
Williams, who is from Jackson, has been charged with burglary.
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