7:30 PM Update: Madison PD issued this update:
The persons involved in the fatality accident earlier today have been
identified. The deceased driver of the vehicle was identified as Amy
Irene James, age 34 of Richland, MS. A female passenger who was injured
was identified as Belinda White, age 57 of Pearl, MS. An earlier
release incorrectly reported a male passenger. The other passenger
injured in the accident was a 13 year-old female. Both passengers
remain at the University of MS Medical Center with undisclosed injuries.
Initial indications are that none of the persons involved were wearing
seat belts.
Original post: Madison PD issued the following statement:
On
July 9, 2015 at approximately 2:47 PM the Madison Police Department received a
report of a one vehicle accident with injuries on Bozeman Road in Madison. Police and other emergency personnel
responded to the scene to assist injured parties and secure and process the accident
scene.
Investigation
revealed a 2008 Nissan Altima driven by a female and occupied by a male and
female was traveling northbound on Bozeman Road. For unknown reasons the vehicle lost control
and left the right side of the roadway near the intersection of Old Mannsdale
Road. The vehicle traveled down an
embankment and came to rest along a fence on the side of the road. The male and female occupants of the vehicle
were transported by ambulance to the University of MS Medical Center. The female driver of the vehicle was deceased
on the scene. The investigation is
on-going and being conducted by traffic fatality investigators of the Madison
Police Department. The identities of the
deceased individual and injured parties are not being released at this time
pending notification of next of kin.
11 comments:
Unknown reasons? I'm willing to bet it was those insane bumps coming down the hill towards the Mannsdale intersection. Its like a freaking roller-coaster. The lady probably hit them going too fast and lost control. They really need to fix that section of road, or at least put up a sign. Anything they do now will be too little, too late for the deceased, unfortunately.
Was it a lady? I have heard no description of gender or race or anything yet about the driver and occupants.
The Madison PD statement above states that the driver was female, 6:18. Sad, terrible news. Prayers for the grieving. Prayers for the hospitalized.
I can't imagine what difference race and gender make.
I have no idea what happened but I can attest to the fact that, as the person above stated, there is one really big bump right about where that is. I drive a small truck and it rocks me hard when I'm going over it, at slow speed.
Wear seatbelts you f'ing morons!!! ALWAYS!
Yes, that section of road is extremely dangerous. Surprised this is the first accident at that location.
Fully understand why MPD aggressively efforts to control speed on Old Mannsdale but never understood why they don't do the same on that stretch of Bozeman.
I visited with Mrs. Belinda today who says that they WERE wearing seatbelts. Amy lost control due to the curve and the bumps in the road, when hitting the ditch the metal drainedge caused so much pressure to her, that her drivers seat was almost in the trunk. The 13 year old is paralyzed from the waist down, surgery being done now to no avail. Mrs. Belinda is probably going to be the same. The seatbelts obviously were removed before media arrived, Amy's husband was driving right behind them when it happend, and there were other drivers jumping out of their vehicles to try and rescue before first reponders. When have you known WLBT or any other media outlet to get info 100%? So 10:31, before you call someone a moron, know that you are speaking about someone that has family, a mother that has passed away unexpectedly who was on the way back from work to pick up her two children, two children that no longer have a mother. Very sad situation indeed.
Mother Mary will fault Rudy Warnock and the board of supervisors for this.....yall hide and watch
Mary doesn't HAVE TO say anything. Plenty other people are saying what needs to be said. I mentioned the wreck, this afternoon (in Jackson, to a Jackson resident), and the FIRST THING the other person said was, "How many millions did Rudy get to STUDY doing something about that road?"
Instead of digging lakes that leak, and building roads to nowhere, Rudy and his cohort should be fixing the roads we've already got.
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