Date: September 21, 2017
Contact: John Hearn, (662) 680-4013
HINDS COUNTY, MS – On September 20, 2017, at approximately 6:03 pm, the Natchez Trace Parkway Communications Center received notification of a single motor vehicle collision near Raymond, Mississippi (milepost 77.9). U.S. Park Rangers and Hinds County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene.
The vehicle, a 2006 Chevrolet Malibu, was operated by Regina Carr, age 20, of Clinton, Mississippi, and a student at Alcorn State University. Preliminary information indicates that Carr was traveling northbound on the Parkway when the vehicle left the roadway, spun around and struck a tree. Hinds County EMS and fire personnel extracted Carr from the vehicle, and she was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Hinds County Coroner.
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