News Briefs From Across The State
By Monica Land
Driver not injured
After a long day of fishing, one man's day took a turn for the worse when he drove his car into the water at the old Broadwater property, WLOX reported.
The man was leaving the property in his 2003 Ford Mustang GT just after 2 p.m., on Aug. 14 when he told police he bent down to reach for cigarettes on his floorboard, and before he could regain control of his vehicle, he was headed into the water.
He wasn't injured in the accident and was able to climb out through a window. It took about 20 minutes to pull the vehicle from the water, WLOX reported.
Missing Picayune woman found
The body of a missing Picayune woman has been found. Authorities confirmed to WLOX News Melanie Borja, 22, was located around 1 p.m., Aug. 7, on the Bogue Chitto River in Louisiana.
The woman disappeared Sunday while on an inner tube trip on the river.
Friends told officials Borja left her tube and starting swimming, but her friends said they never heard her call for help.
The U.S. Coast Guard and Washington Parish Louisiana Sheriff's Office searched the area for Borja.
Her body was found about a half mile from Wayne's World Water Park where the tubing trip began.
Suspect arrested in Meridian store robbery
Police say a 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery that took place in July.
Capt. Dean Harper Tells The Meridian Star that Devante D. May was booked this month with armed robbery.
Authorities say May is suspect of robbing a clerk at gunpoint on July 8 at the Paradise Food-Mart.
Amtrak train hits vehicle in south Miss.
Amtrak officials said the City of New Orleans passenger train struck an unoccupied vehicle in Pike County, south of McComb.
WLBT-TV reports the crash happened about 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9.
Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said no one was hurt on the train or on the ground.
He says part of a vehicle was obstructing the track and the train “clipped'' it.
Magliarai was not sure of the type of vehicle involved and it was not immediately clear whether the vehicle was parked on the track or at a railroad crossing.
The Pike County Sheriff's Office is investigating the crash.
The train, which left Chicago Aug. 8 with 217 passengers, continued on to New Orleans later Friday.