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