MHP investigating fatal accident in George County
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Saturday night crash in George County left one person dead. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, at around 9 p.m. on Saturday, a 2019…
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68-year-old Lucedale woman killed in crash in Jackson County
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Highway 613 in Jackson County on Wednesday, October 1. A 2020 Toyota Highlander driven by 68-year-old Lillian Byrd of Lucedale was traveling north when it collided with…
MHP investigating fatal motorcycle crash in Pearl River County
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash in Pearl River County. The incident happened around 6 a.m. Wednesday morning on Highway…
Victim identified in deadly crash on Popps Ferry Bridge in Biloxi
The investigation continues today into the cause of a deadly wreck on the Popp’s Ferry Bridge late Sunday night. Biloxi police say the crash involved two cars, leaving one person dead. The Harrison County Coroner confirming 45-year-old Leonardo Ricco of…
Victims identified in fatal medical helicopter crash in Mississippi
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (AP) — Members of the AirCare flight crew involved in Monday’s helicopter crash in Madison County, Mississippi have been identified. Dustin Pope, 35, of Philadelphia was the base supervisor for AirCare in Columbus and a flight nurse, and…
Victim identified after multi-vehicle crash in Jackson County
On Monday, May 20, 2024, at approximately 6 p.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Interstate 10 in Jackson County. A 2016 Western Star semi-truck driven by 53-year-old Paul Fredrick Wilson of Saint Hedwig, TX, traveled…
Coast woman dies in crash in Louisiana
A Coast woman died Saturday night in a deadly crash in St. Tammany Parish Louisiana. The coroner’s office there says 41-year-old Diann Stiglet died after a crash in the…
Fatal pedestrian involved accident on HWY 603 in Hancock County
On Saturday, February 3, 2024, at approximately 6 a.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Highway 603 in Hancock County involving a pedestrian. A 2018 Honda Civic was traveling south on Highway 603 when the vehicle…
Gulfport woman dies in fatal wreck on Highway 49 in Stone County
Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a Saturday night crash in Stone County that left one person dead. MHP responded to the crash at 5:30 p.m. on Highway 49. A Volkswagen driven by 71-year-old Patrick Kilduff of Perkinston was traveling north…
Deadly crash on Highway 90 in Gulfport
One person is dead following a single-car crash in Gulfport. According to nearby resident and witness Tammy Farris, she was weeding her front yard when she says she heard…
Fatal crash on Hwy 43 S in Pearl River County
On Sunday, October 30, 2022, at approximately 11:29 AM, the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Highway 43 South in Pearl River County. A 2017 Jaguar passenger vehicle driven by 86-year-old Donald C. Schneider of Picayune, MS,…
Mississippi Highway Patrol investigating fatal crash on HWY 43
On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at approximately 1:20 PM, the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Highway 43 in Hancock County. A 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by Larry Margerum, 72, of Picayune, MS, was traveling North on…
Fatal crash leaves one dead on Highway 63 in Jackson County
On Monday, July 25, 2022, at approximately 5:57 am, the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Highway 63 in Jackson County. A 2020 Ford F-250 driven by 47-year-old John Shoemake of Richton, MS, traveled south on Highway…
Pearl River County woman sentenced for drunk-driving crash that killed four people
A Pearl River County woman has been sentenced to years in prison for a drunk-driving crash that killed four people nearly four years ago.…
Vehicle runs off Hwy 90, fatally hits person walking on beach in Gulfport; driver hospitalized
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — One person is dead and another has been sent to the hospital after a vehicle veered off the road and onto the beach in Gulfport. A spokesperson with the Gulfport Police Department tells WXXV that shortly…
Pedestrian dies after being hit by car on I-10 in D'Iberville late Sunday night
D'IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV) — One person has died after being hit by a car late Sunday night. D’Iberville Police Chief Wayne Payne says police officers and medical personnel responded to a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian. Captain Jason King said…
MHP: 6 deaths, more than 5,900 citations during Thanksgiving holiday travel enforcement period
The Mississippi Highway Patrol has wrapped up its holiday travel enforcement period. MHP conducted safety checkpoints to combat speeding and reckless and distracted driving as well as enforcing child restraint and seat-belt laws. In South Mississippi, MHP…
MHP investigating crash that claimed the life of two juveniles in Pearl River County
The Mississippi Highway Patrol investigated a fatal crash that happened on Highway 43 near Burnt Bridge Road in Pearl River County claiming the lives of two juveniles. It appeared a vehicle was traveling south when it crashed…
Teen arrested on charges of manslaughter in connection to crash that killed 2 people in Biloxi
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) —An 18-year-old has been arrested following a vehicle crash that killed two people earlier this month. The accident happened just before 7 p.m. on October 10 at the intersection of Highway 90 and Myrtle Street. When police…
2 dead, 3 injured in car accident in Jackson County early Wednesday
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — Two people are dead following a car accident in Jackson County early Wednesday, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. State Troopers say they responded to a single-vehicle accident in the early morning hours of Wednesday,…
4-month-old killed, mother and brother hospitalized after car accident in Jackson County
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — Jackson County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a single car accident that killed a four-month-old baby and injured his mother and brother. The accident happened around 6:15 p.m. Monday, August 31, on Davis Sawmill Road, about…
Biloxi man arrested in connection to fatal hit-and-run Jackson County on Sunday
Mississippi State Troopers made an arrest in the fatal hit and run that claimed the life of 33-year-old Douglas Couey of Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday, July 19, 2020. Troopers arrested 46-year-old John David Cole of Biloxi, Mississippi late Sunday afternoon…
Fiery crash claims life of Hancock County resident early Friday morning
A Hancock County resident is dead following a fiery crash early Friday morning. State Troopers with the Mississippi Highway Patrol say they responded to a report of a single vehicle crash just after midnight. When State Troopers arrived on scene…
Pascagoula woman dies after car slams into brick wall Sunday morning
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV) — A Pascagoula woman died early Sunday morning after her car slammed into a brick barrier wall, according to authorities. The accident happened just after midnight in front of a home on Fountain Bleau Road near the…