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

Date: October 12, 2016
Contact: Calvin T. Farmer, [phone]

HINDS COUNTY, MS - On Tuesday, October 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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