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At least 8 killed in 6 weekend crashes in Mississippi

At least 8 killed in 6 weekend crashes in Mississippi
HE IS CALLING FOR THE CITY TO GET THE LIGHT FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. M-H-P IS REPORTING MULTIPLE DEADLY CRASHES OVER THE WEEKEND... THE MOST RECENT A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 28 LAST NIGHT IN COPIAH COUNTY CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A PATTISON MAN. STATE TROOPERS SAY A DODGE DURANGO COLLIDED WITH A FORD PICKUP TRUCK. THE DRIVER OF THE DURANGO DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THERE WAS ANOTHER FATAL CRASH IN COPIAH COUNTY... STATE TROOPERS SAY 29-YEAR-OLD KIARA SHANNON OF HAZLEHURST DIED SUNDAY MORNING IN A CAR CRASH ON HIGHWAY 28 NEAR BARLOW ROAD. OFFICERS SAY HER CAR LEFT THE ROADWAY, OVERTURNED AND SHE WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE.. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN ISSAQUENA COUNTY M-H-P SAYS 39-YEAR- OLD THOMAS WILLIAMS JR. OF JACKSON AND 43- YEAR-OLD KAMILLE SMITH OF CLEVELAND, MISSISSIPPI - WERE GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WHEN THEY CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER ON HIGHWAY 61 LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. A 16-YEAR-OLD
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At least 8 killed in 6 weekend crashes in Mississippi
Multiple people were killed in separate crashes over the weekend.The Mississippi Highway Patrol was called about 8 p.m. Sunday to Highway 184 in Franklin County, where a 2015 Kia Sorrento hit 62-year-old James Jenkins, of Fayette. Jenkins was pronounced dead at the scene.MHP officials said John H. Rankin, 75, 0f Pattison, was driving east on Highway 28 in Copiah County at about 6 p.m. Sunday when his 2001 Dodge Durango collided with a westbound 2000 Ford F-350. Rankin was killed. No other injuries were reported. At about 8 a.m. Sunday, Kiara Shannon, 29, of Hazlehurst, was driving on Highway 28, when the car ran off the road, overturned, and she was ejected.Shannon died from her injuries.A woman was killed in a crash in Adams County.MHP said around 9 p.m. Saturday, an SUV on Highway 61 collided with another SUV that was trying to turn off of the highway onto Kingston Road.Virginia Malone, 56, of Centreville, died on the scene.A third crash killed four people in Issaquena County.MHP said there was a head-on collision just before midnight Saturday on Highway 61.Troopers said Thomas Williams Jr., 39, of Jackson, and Kamille Smith, 43, of Cleveland, collided.Both drivers had a teen passenger who were also killed.

Multiple people were killed in separate crashes over the weekend.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol was called about 8 p.m. Sunday to Highway 184 in Franklin County, where a 2015 Kia Sorrento hit 62-year-old James Jenkins, of Fayette. Jenkins was pronounced dead at the scene.

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MHP officials said John H. Rankin, 75, 0f Pattison, was driving east on Highway 28 in Copiah County at about 6 p.m. Sunday when his 2001 Dodge Durango collided with a westbound 2000 Ford F-350. Rankin was killed. No other injuries were reported.

At about 8 a.m. Sunday, Kiara Shannon, 29, of Hazlehurst, was driving on Highway 28, when the car ran off the road, overturned, and she was ejected.

Shannon died from her injuries.

A woman was killed in a crash in Adams County.

MHP said around 9 p.m. Saturday, an SUV on Highway 61 collided with another SUV that was trying to turn off of the highway onto Kingston Road.

Virginia Malone, 56, of Centreville, died on the scene.

A third crash killed four people in Issaquena County.

MHP said there was a head-on collision just before midnight Saturday on Highway 61.

Troopers said Thomas Williams Jr., 39, of Jackson, and Kamille Smith, 43, of Cleveland, collided.

Both drivers had a teen passenger who were also killed.