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Mississippi Tractor Trailer Accident on I-59 Claims One Life

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On Wednesday, a tractor trailer accident on I-59 in Hattiesburg, MS involving two 18-wheelers and one pickup truck claimed the life of a Foxworth MS man. According to WLBT in Jackson MS, his tractor-trailer collided with the pick-up truck then the other 18-wheeler resulting in a fiery crash that sent a smoke plume in the air that could be seen for miles. “It was horrific, it was just a very, very bad accident, one of the worst I have ever seen.” said Lamar County Coroner Anna Miller. Several other people were taken to a local hospital but no information was given on their conditions.

According to Mississippi Department of Transportation officials, one of the tractor trailers hit the foundation of an overhead highway sign causing it to fall across traffic. Also, one of the tractor trailers was loaded with power poles that were spilled across the interstate during the accident. [Read more…]

Mississippi Tractor Trailer Accident on I-59 Claims One Life

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On Wednesday, a tractor trailer accident on I-59 in Hattiesburg, MS involving two 18-wheelers and one pickup truck claimed the life of a Foxworth MS man. According to WLBT in Jackson MS, his tractor-trailer collided with the pick-up truck then the other 18-wheeler resulting in a fiery crash that sent a smoke plume in the air that could be seen for miles. “It was horrific, it was just a very, very bad accident, one of the worst I have ever seen.” said Lamar County Coroner Anna Miller. Several other people were taken to a local hospital but no information was given on their conditions.

According to Mississippi Department of Transportation officials, one of the tractor trailers hit the foundation of an overhead highway sign causing it to fall across traffic. Also, one of the tractor trailers was loaded with power poles that were spilled across the interstate during the accident. [Read more…]

Mississippi Nursing Home Liability Bill Dies

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Nursing home abuse happens in Mississippi just like it happens in the rest of the country. This is a sad and disheartening fact — physical abuse, sexual abuse and financial abuse happen right here in North Mississippi to our elderly people. There are some 16,000 Mississippians in our state’s skilled nursing facilities, and that number will increase exponentially as the Baby Boomers age. We should be doing everything we can to protect these victims of abuse, and punish those that are taking advantage of them. Instead, Mississippi lawmakers seem to be protecting the nursing home organizations and the insurance companies.

Sid Slater discusses the issue in the DeSoto Times-Tribune last week, pointing out the legislation that would have required non-government nursing homes to carry the same $500,000 in liability coverage that government nursing homes carry passed the House Insurance Committee by unanimous vote only to die in the full House. [Read more…]

Deadly Mississippi Truck Accident in I-59 Construction Zone

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One man is dead and two others were injured in a tractor trailer accident on I-59 near Samford Road just north of Hattiesburg MS according to a report by the Laurel Leader-Call. Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Todd Miller said the incident occurred shortly before noon Tuesday. The driver of tractor trailer failed to stop in time and smashed into a line of cars stopped in a construction zone. The speed at impact was evident, as one victim had to be flown out by Baptist LifeFlight to Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg after being extracted from the demolished vehicle by emergency crews. Several of the vehicles involved ended up in the median and the tractor trailer ended up partially into the northbound lane of Interstate 59. [Read more…]

Fatal Mississippi Truck Accident Involves Two School Buses

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A school field trip took a bad turn in Calhoun City, Mississippi yesterday. WREG reported that just after 2pm on February 8, an 18-wheeler truck and two Choctaw County School buses collided on MS 8, about 40 miles south of Oxford. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the tractor trailer and the first bus side swiped each other, and then the tractor trailer collided with the second bus head-on. Unfortunately, two teachers, one of them driving the bus, and the truck driver were killed. Approximately 17 of the students were taken to local hospitals by ambulance, private vehicles and one student was airlifted to North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Luckily, none of the students appear to have life threatening injuries.

Approximately 57 seniors from Ackerman High School were on the two buses returning from a campus visit at the University of Mississippi. Calhoun City Fireman Charlie Brown was one of the first responders on the scene. [Read more…]

North Mississippi Tractor Trailer Accident Kills Three

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A tractor-trailer collided with an Ackerman, MS high school bus carrying students on MS 8 about 40 miles south of Oxford, MS, killing three adults and hospitalizing at least 10 students. According to reports, at approximately 2 p.m. the semi-tractor trailer sideswiped the first bus before colliding into the second bus head on. Due to the severity of the crash, it took over 6 hours to clear the crash scene. The cause of the accident is still being investigated by the Mississippi Highway Patrol.

WMCTV News Story

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Southaven-Hernando, MS plans to reduce trucking accidents by upholding safety regulations

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Trucking accidents in Southaven, MS and Hernando, MS and the serious personal injuries that often result from them will likely see a slow-down as a part of the Mississippi Department of Transportation’s new Smart Roadside Enforcement program. The MDOT’s enforcement division is testing one of two Smart Roadside Inspection System Mobile Vans in the nation. The mobile monitoring van will be used to help make sure tractor-trailer trucks operating on secondary roads are abiding by safety regulations.

Another MDOT initiative involves the use of weigh-in-motion station technology. These are unmanned virtual weigh stations that are able to weigh a tractor-trailer while it is in motion. One of these virtual weight stations is located on Hwy 51 near the Southaven, MS–Hernando, MS border. [Read more…]

DeSoto County: Horn Lake, MS woman awarded $60,000 in damages against Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in slip and fall case

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Brenda Dowland, a resident of Horn Lake, Mississippi, was visiting her husband at Baptist DeSoto on September 30, 2008, when she decided to visit the hospital’s gift shop. After turning from the lobby onto the hallway where the gift shop is located, Ms. Dowland slipped and fell on a portion of the tile floor that had recently been mopped by an employee of Baptist Desoto Hospital. The only warning sign posted was at the opposite end of the hallway, and it could not be seen from where Ms. Dowland fell.

As a result of her slip and fall, Ms. Dowland suffered personal injuries to her right arm for which she still undergoes pain management treatment today. [Read more…]

Southaven, Mississippi “Trip and Fall” Results in $1.15 Million Verdict for Horn Lake, Mississippi Couple

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On December 23, 2007, Horn Lake, MS resident Vicki Whiteaker was shopping at the Fred’s Dollar Store in Southaven, MS picking up last minute Christmas items. While exiting the store and watching for traffic in the busy parking lot, she fell over a barricade that was placed in her pathway to the parking lot by Fred’s employees. This barricade (measuring just 12 inches off of the ground–about the height of a trip wire) was installed approximately six months before her fall, and was supposedly installed to deter shoplifting.

As a result of her fall, Ms. Whiteaker suffered life altering injuries to her left arm and her right wrist. In addition, the fall broke several of her teeth. [Read more…]

Horn Lake, MS Motorcycle Accident Results in Wrongful Death of Byhalia, MS resident

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A 30-year-old Byhalia man was killed in Horn Lake, MS Wednesday night when his motorcycle collided with a car. The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, TN reports that the fatal North Mississippi motorcycle accident occurred at 11:30 p.m. on the corner of Miss. 302 and U.S. 51, in front of the McDonald’s restaurant. Horn Lake Police Department Lt. Scott Evans said the Byhalia motorcyclist, driving a 2001 Suzuki, hit the front of a Ford Mustang that was pulling out of the McDonald’s parking lot. The 18-year-old driver and a 22-year-old passenger in the car both fled the scene after the crash. The driver was found later at his home in Southaven, MS. The passenger was also found near the crash scene, and both were detained and later released pending charges as the Horn Lake Police Department investigates the accident. [Read more…]