2 separate deaths blamed on Mississippi storms
Storms, strong winds topple trees, knock out power to thousands in Mississippi
>> THAT’S RIGHT. MEGAN. IT WAS A DEADLY CAR ACCIDENT. WE DO KNOW THERE WAS ONE FATALITY IN THE ACCIDENT HERE ON NATCHEZ TRACE AND HIGHWAY 43. ACCORDING TO MADISON COUNTY DEPUTY CORONER JOEL SHOWS, HE SAYS A MAN WAS DRIVING DOWN THE TRACE WHEN A TREE FELL ON HIS CAR AND KILLED HIM. AND LIKE YOU SAID, THIS WAS THE SECOND FATALITY HERE IN MADISON COUNTY DUE TO THE STORM. NOW, WE’LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CASE. I’M LIVE IN MADISON COUNTY.
Two separate deaths were blamed on Tuesday’s storms in Mississippi.Weather Alerts | Radar | Closings | Download the WAPT App One person was killed when a power line fell in a Madison County neighborhood. Another person was injured, according to Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee. A second death occurred when a tree fell on a car that was traveling on the Natchez Trace Parkway, near Highway 43 in Madison County. Deputy Coroner Joel Shows said the male driver was killed. The names won’t be released until after the next of kin has been notified, Shows said.At the peak of the storms, nearly 30,000 were without power statewide. Gusty winds that moved in before the storms brought down a house in downtown Vicksburg.In Rankin County, a tree fell on a house on Gardenview Drive, off Spillway Road. There was also a tree down on a power line on Countryside Drive and a house with dree damage near the reservoir. Strong winds will continue overnight into Wednesday with gusts up to 30 mph.Subscribe to 16 WAPT News YouTube channel
JACKSON, Miss. —Two separate deaths were blamed on Tuesday’s storms in Mississippi.
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One person was killed when a power line fell in a Madison County neighborhood. Another person was injured, according to Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee. A second death occurred when a tree fell on a car that was traveling on the Natchez Trace Parkway, near Highway 43 in Madison County. Deputy Coroner Joel Shows said the male driver was killed. The names won’t be released until after the next of kin has been notified, Shows said.
At the peak of the storms, nearly 30,000 were without power statewide.
Gusty winds that moved in before the storms brought down a house in downtown Vicksburg.
In Rankin County, a tree fell on a house on Gardenview Drive, off Spillway Road. There was also a tree down on a power line on Countryside Drive and a house with dree damage near the reservoir.
Strong winds will continue overnight into Wednesday with gusts up to 30 mph.
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