[UPDATE] Traffic Alert: Highway 49 near Wiggins reopened

WIGGINS, Miss.(WXXV) — Highway 49 has reopened after being shut down in Wiggins due to a fallen power line.

Wiggins Police Chief Jeff Thomas tells WXXV that all four lanes of Highway 49, including northbound and southbound lanes, closed from North Azalea Drive to South Azalea Drive.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation was clearing trees in the area when a tree fell on a power line and knocked it down onto the roadway.