Natchez Trace Parkway Reports Motor Vehicle Collision with Fatality October 11, 2016

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Natchez Trace Parkway Reports Motor Vehicle Collision with Fatality October 11, 2016

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Oct. 12, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

HINDS COUNTY, MS - On Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, at 8:18 a.m., the Natchez Trace Parkway Communications Center received notification of a serious collision that had occurred near milepost 92. Initial reports stated that two vehicles collided with a possible fatality. U.S. Park Rangers, Clinton Police Department, Clinton Fire Department, AMR Ambulance, and the Hinds County Coroner responded to the scene. The Hinds County Coroner pronounced a young female passenger deceased at the scene.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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