An 81-year-old female lost her life April 19 after losing control of her SUV, which ran into a pond alongside the Highway 25 bypass.
According to Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley, Dorothy Sue Warren, of Amory, was pronounced dead at scene due to freshwater drowning.
She was traveling south on Highway 25, just south of the Amory city limits when she lost control of her 2010 Subaru. Gurleyâs press release stated she was found submerged in the vehicle by the Amory Fire Department, which responded along with the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the Monroe County Sheriff s Office and the Monroe County Volunteer Search and Rescue Team.
NETTLETON â A motor vehicle accident on the Highway 45 bypass April 6 claimed the life of a Shannon Primary School student.
According to Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley, Jyrea Ivy, 6, was the passenger in a Ford Mustang traveling in the southbound lanes. Gurley said Ivy was killed at the scene.Â
The car, driven by Nettleton High School senior Jamonte Guinis, collided with another vehicle in the northbound lanes near the intersection of Martin Luther King Avenue. The 911 call came in at 3:05 p.m.Â
Nettleton Police Chief Gary Monaghan said the Mustang pulled out in front of a truck pulling a box trailer, which overturned. The Mustang caught on fire. Authorities are unsure of which hospital the driver is receiving medical treatment.Â
Teen disappears under water while wading in creek and drowns Follow Us
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BIGBEE, Miss. (AP) - A teenager has drowned on a Mississippi creek, authorities said.
Emergency crews were called to Town Creek in Monroe County on Sunday, The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported.
Jazion Ezell, 16, was among seven young people who were wading in Town Creek, Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley said.
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