Tuesday, May 26, 2020

MHP Reports 2 Fatalities During Holiday Weekend

The Mississippi Highway Patrol issued the following statement.


The Mississippi Highway Patrol concluded its 2020 Memorial Day Travel Enforcement Period along with the Crash Awareness Reduction Effort (C.A.R.E.) safety initiative which began Friday, May 22, at 12:01a.m. and ended Monday, May 25 at midnight. Throughout the period, MHP issued 6511 citations with 153 DUI arrests. A total of 157 crashes were investigated including 2 fatalities and 51 injuries on state, federal highways, and interstate systems. All available troopers were utilized statewide during the period conducting saturation patrols and safety checkpoints.

Below is the fatality information regarding the period.

On Friday, May 22, 2020 at approximately 3:51 p.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal traffic crash at the intersection of MS35 and I-55 exit ramp 174 in Carroll County. A 2005 Yamaha motorcycle operated by William D. Rodgers, 60, of Vaiden, MS was traveling eastbound on MS35. A 2017 Chevrolet Cruze driven by Lily Shepard, 17, of Bolivar, MO was traveling southbound on I-55 exit ramp 174 attempting to enter MS35 and failed to yield right of way. The Yamaha motorcycle collided with the passenger side of the Chevrolet Cruze. William D. Rodgers received fatal injuries from the crash and was pronounced dead on scene.

On Monday, May 25, 2020 at approximately 10:28 a.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal traffic crash on MS16 in Kemper County. A 2011 Toyota Camry driven by Kary F. Williams, 73, of Scooba, MS was traveling westbound on MS16. The vehicle left the roadway, collided with a culvert and overturned ejecting the driver. Kary F. Williams was pronounced dead on scene.

These crashes remains under investigation by MHP.

Posted by Kingfish at 11:22 AM

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

How could this happen. I though only Covid was killing Mississippians. I mean, that's all we hear of, Covid is killing us all.

May 26, 2020 at 12:26 PM
Anonymous said...

I seem to remember back in the day there were a lot more highway fatalities over holiday weekends. I'm sure a lot of it is how much safer cars are now than they were 20 years ago, but hopefully the random checkpoints that have been popular lately have cut down on the amount of drinking and driving. The police departments get grants to pay officers' overtime salaries to man these checkpoints and it is apparently a good use of funds.

May 26, 2020 at 1:01 PM
Anonymous said...

12:26, exaggerate much? Please post the link saying COVID is killing us all. I’ll wait.

May 26, 2020 at 1:10 PM
Anonymous said...

Covid claims two more lives. When will this nightmare be over?

May 26, 2020 at 1:17 PM
Anonymous said...

What about the guy shot in Ocean Springs on I-10. It was road rage that went out of control.

May 26, 2020 at 2:09 PM
Anonymous said...

Did MHP respond to the fireworks at the Canton-East Race-Track?

May 26, 2020 at 2:17 PM
Anonymous said...

" Mississippi Highway Patrol concluded its 2020 Memorial Day Travel Enforcement Period along with the Crash Awareness Reduction Effort (C.A.R.E.) safety initiative ".

Gawd, how much of our tax dollars are wasted every holiday on these goofy MHP Public Relation Acronym "projects" ?

Cut to the chase !

Remind everyone . . . the MHP will have road blocks . . . and troopers will be out in full force.

A clip from a body cam "real DUI arrest" is much more effective than a damn slick produced "commercial".








May 26, 2020 at 4:14 PM
Anonymous said...

Did MHP respond to the fireworks at the Canton-East Race-Track? A budding comedian.

May 26, 2020 at 4:20 PM
Anonymous said...

" What about the guy shot in Ocean Springs on I-10. It was road rage that went out of control."
"Did MHP respond to the fireworks at the Canton-East Race-Track? ?

Great questions.

Don't forget about the Vicksburg Waffle House shoot-out on Clay Street this past weekend.

I honestly forget the final body count.

Some were dead on the scene, a couple were airlifted to Jackson.

Not sure, but I've heard one of the thugs expired on the helicopter . . . (while flying over the Bovina exit) .


May 26, 2020 at 4:27 PM
Anonymous said...

I wonder if any troopers were involved in rear-end collisions...

May 26, 2020 at 7:45 PM
Anonymous said...

@7:45
I see what you did there. However, I would've said I wonder if any troopers were rear-ended

May 26, 2020 at 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...

Yes 8:48, that.

May 27, 2020 at 6:16 AM
Anonymous said...

Nothing comedic about the Canton-East situation. Just you wait til Griffin-Park attracts Leake, Scott, Attala and Holmes. It'll make Jackson look like a pie-fight at Picadilly.

May 27, 2020 at 9:20 AM
Anonymous said...

The drag strip shooting was at the Smith family's race track AKA Junkyard #1.

Griffin is PROUD PROUD of his pond park and 9:20am, you're 100% correct. It will be a headache for the sheriff's department but more business for Griffin's daughter JC judge Martina Griffin.

She will probably replace daddy on MCBOS when he gets tired of being a supervisor so she will only have to work 2 days a month for basically the same think she makes working one week a month.

May 27, 2020 at 9:38 AM

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