A fifth person has died as a result of injuries sustained in Thursday afternoon’s vehicle accident on Highway 35 South in Marion County.

Kahlan Moran, 9, of Sandy Hook, became the fifth fatality when she passed away Thursday night after being transported to a hospital in Jackson, according to the Highway Patrol.

Others killed in the accident were, Donald Moran, 74; Renate Moran, 73; Jeneatta Brumfield, 64; and Andria Prine, 2.

All five were in the same Silverado Chevy truck driven by Donald Moran headed south on Highway 35 when they ran into the back of a pickup truck driven by John McGowan of Foxworth. McGowan was attempting to make a left turn at the intersection of Highway 35 and McGowan Road.

After crashing into the back of McGowan’s vehicle, Moran’s truck went into the northbound lane and collided head-on with a Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association utility truck driven by David May of Columbia, who was uninjured, according to the Highway Patrol. McGowan was also apparently not seriously injured, according to the Highway Patrol.

This accident killed four Sandy Hook residents, according to the Highway Patrol.

By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher

Four Sandy Hook residents were killed in a vehicle accident on Highway 35 South in Marion County Thursday afternoon, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol.

The four killed have been identified as Donald Moran, 74; Renate Moran, 73; Jeneatta Brumfield, 64; and Andria Prine, 2. Another child, Kahlan Moran, 9, was transported to a hospital in Jackson.

They were all in the same Silverado Chevy truck driven by Donald Moran headed south on Highway 35 when they struck the rear of a pickup truck driven by John McGowan of Foxworth. McGowan was attempting to make a left turn at the intersection of Highway 35 and McGowan Road.

After crashing into the back of McGowan’s vehicle, Moran’s truck went into the northbound lane and collided head-on with a Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association utility truck driven by David May of Columbia, who was uninjured, according to the Highway Patrol. It is unclear if McGowan was injured.

The three people reportedly killed in the accident were said to be in this vehicle.

By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher

Two adults and one child were reportedly killed in a vehicle accident on Highway 35 South in Marion County around 3:15 p.m. this afternoon.

The accident involved two pickup trucks and a utility truck. The three people killed in the accident were said to be in the same pickup truck.

The Foxworth Volunteer Fire Department, Highway Patrol, Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Southwest Marion VFD and AAA Ambulance responded to the scene. Further information will be reported as it becomes available.

A 17-year-old Marion County girl on Monday was listed in critical condition in ICU following a vehicle accident Sunday afternoon.

The accident occurred at U.S. Highway 98 and Shiloh Firetower Road in Marion County. Amanda Thomas was traveling westbound on 98 when Samuel Regan collided with her vehicle. According to the Highway Patrol, Regan was attempting to cross the highway when he collided with Thomas’ vehicle.

According to the Highway Patrol, Thomas is six months pregnant, but the baby was uninjured. Thomas was airlifted to Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, and Reagan was uninjured. Regan is also from Marion County, a Highway Patrol spokesman said.

The Columbian-Progress reports that a person died in a vehicle accident this morning on U.S. Highway 98. Click the link to read the story.

The Columbian-Progress – Saturday morning crash kills one.

By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher

The woman who died in a one-vehicle accident on Saturday morning has been identified by the Highway Patrol as Mary Bolton of Marion County.

Bolton’s vehicle rolled over on Highway 43, and she was ejected, according to the Highway Patrol. The vehicle rolled on top of her, and she was transported to Marion General Hospital.

Bolton, no age available, was the only one in the vehicle when the accident happened around 8 a.m.

By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher

 A woman died in a one-vehicle accident on state Highway 43 in Marion County on Saturday morning, according to Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department officials.

The Marion County Informer has not yet learned the woman’s name, age or where she is from. The vehicle she was driving in was registered in Marion County.

She was ejected from the vehicle when it rolled over on the wet roads around 8 a.m.

South Marion Volunteer Fire Department, along with Tri-Community, the Highway Patrol and Marion County Sheriff’s office worked the accident.

Carla Harper of Sandy Hook flips through a photo album with pictures of her baby, Caynen Woodward, who was killed ain n automobile accident on New Year's Day.

By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher

 It has been almost three months since Carla Harper’s infant son was killed as a result of injuries he sustained in an automobile accident just after midnight on New Year’s Day.

According to District Attorney Hal Kittrell, a Marion County Grand Jury is scheduled to hear the facts of the case in May or June. The Informer requested to review the case file, but Kittrell said it is closed to the public at this time.

Harper of Sandy Hook met with the Marion County Informer on Friday at WOW Wingery in Columbia to talk about the accident that claimed the life of her 22-month-old baby, Caynen Woodward.

According to the Highway Patrol, 47-year-old Richard Kennedy of Angie, La. was driving in the wrong direction on U.S. Highway 98 when he collided head-on with the vehicle driven by Caynen’s father, Brandon Woodward. Caynen’s 5-year-old sister, Hayley, was also in the vehicle and suffered three cracked vertebrae.

Brandon still has a rod in his leg and pins in his knee, and Caynen passed away the day after the accident at University Medical Center in Jackson.  Kennedy’s vehicle was also occupied by Vikki L. Vince, 42, of Sandy Hook, who was uninjured in the accident that happened just east of Foxworth at the Pearl River bridge.

Carla Harper breaks down into tears as she talks about the loss of her child.

Harper explained that Brandon, Hayley and Caynen were on their way to pick her up from the fireworks stand in Foxworth where she worked. She said they had stopped at Cox’s Triangle convenience store to get snacks before getting her, and Caynen got some gum.

When they left the store, Caynen was in a child’s car seat behind Brandon, Carla said, adding it has been rumored that there was not a child’s seat in the truck.

As they were riding down the road, Caynen climbed out of his car seat and into his dad’s lap, apparently trying to get the gum. Brandon was going to pull over and put Caynen back in the car seat, but it was too late, Carla said. Just about that time, Brandon saw a vehicle coming directly at him and swerved right, and the vehicle headed toward him did the same and they smashed into each other, she said.

Earlier in the day, Brandon, Hayley and Caynen were at the fireworks stand with Carla, and Caynen got a Roman candle that he wanted to shoot off. Carla told Caynen that he could shoot it off later that night.

When the crash happened, about 35 family members and friends were waiting at Brandon’s and Carla’s house because they were going to shoot off fireworks when they got back home.

After Brandon did not arrive to pick her up, Carla thought something might be wrong and called the Sheriff’s Office dispatch and asked if there had been an accident on Highway 35, and the dispatcher said no.

Carla called her boss to come pick her up, thinking that something had gone wrong.  When she got off the phone with her boss, Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jeff Broom arrived at the fireworks tent and said there had been an accident. She asked Broom if her baby was OK, and he did not answer and told her to get in his vehicle and put on her seatbelt.

Caynen Joe Woodward

Broom drove her to the accident scene, and she saw the emergency vehicles’ lights and got out of the car and ran up the middle of the road. Her sister, Melissa Wiggins, was already on scene.

Carla made her way to the truck her family was in, and before she got there she saw Caynen lying on the ground, but he didn’t look badly hurt. He seemed to only have a scratch on his head, but she knew something more was wrong by the way the paramedics looked at her.

She then went to see Hayley who said the driver of the other vehicle was on the wrong side of the road. Hayley kept asking if she was going to die and if “Cane Cane” was going to heaven.

“I just said he would be OK, and she would be too,” said Harper. Brandon was stuck in the truck and also said the other driver was on the wrong side of the road. Click to continue »

Tommy McDaniel of columbia stands beside his vehicle that was crashed into last night outside the Double D.

By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher

 In a freak vehicle accident last night in front of the Double D bar on Highway 13 North in Columbia, a car went up in flames after allegedly crashing into an unoccupied SUV parked on the side of the road.

No one was injured in the accident.

Tommy McDaniel, owner of WCJU and WJDR radio stations, was inside the Double D for the Jeff Bates concert, when a motorist allegedly crashed into the back of his Explorer.

“I was parked on the highway in front of the Double D and some kid just came along and killed it. He ran into the back of it (my Explorer),” McDaniel told the Marion County Informer this morning.

This car burned up after the crash.

The man who allegedly crashed into McDaniel’s vehicle apparently works at Jack’s Family Restaurant in Columbia. A Jack’s employee told the Informer that Matthew Green is the driver’s name. Green could not be reached for comment.

McDaniel said, “I went to the Double D with a car and came back without one.”

The vehicle fire was fully involved when the Columbia Fire Department arrived on scene. Columbia Police and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded. No one was arrested in the incident, according to the Fire Department.

McDaniel’s Explorer sustained heavy damage to the back, and the other vehicle’s front end was crumpled and the interior was burned up.

By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher

 A 43-year-old Columbia woman died in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 13 South in Marion County last night, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol.

Carla Edwards was the sole occupant in the GMC truck when the wreck happened at 7:25 p.m. She was not wearing a seatbelt.

AAA ambulance transported Edwards to Marion General Hospital. The accident remains under investigation.

Foxworth Volunteer Fire Department Chief Stephen Foxworth directs traffic at the accident scene.

By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher

 An accident Friday morning between an 18-wheeler and an SUV at the intersection of Highway 35 and U.S. 98 sent one woman to the hospital.

The woman, who was the driver of the SUV, was headed westbound down 98 when she collided with the 18-wheeler which was crossing the intersection to go eastbound on 98.

Both airbags in the SUV deployed. She was transported to Marion General Hospital with non-fatal injuries via AAA ambulance.

The SUV had a Marion County tag, and the 18-wheeler was from Southern Tire Mart.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol was investigating the accident and no further information was available this morning. The accident backed up traffic on U.S. 98 in both directions. The 18-wheeler blocked all of U.S. 98 westbound.

The Highway Patrol was assisted on the scene by the Foxworth Volunteer Fire Department, which helped with traffic flow, and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher

This Kia was T-Boned by a Dodge Durango. (photo by Anzia Stogner/Southwest Marion Volunteer Fire Department).

Three people were transported by AAA ambulance to Marion General Hospital on Sunday around 6:30 p.m. after a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and State Highway 35 North, according to the Southwest Marion Volunteer Fire Department.

The accident occurred when a Dodge Durango headed westbound down 98 T-boned a Kia that was crossing the highway to access 35.

The Kia was only occupied by one person while the Durango had three people inside. The driver of the Kia and Durnago and the front seat passenger of the Durango were sent to the hospital. The Durango was from Tennessee and the Kia was from Amite County.

The names of those involved in the accident were unavailable. Southwest

Officials work the scene of the accident. (photo by Anzia Stogner/Southwest Marion Volunteer Fire Department).

Marion VFD was assisted on the scene by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Highway Patrol and Foxworth Volunteer Fire Department.

By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher

The vehicle accident early New Year’s Day that killed an infant boy from Sandy Hook remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol.

Richard Kennedy, 47, of Angie, La. was allegedly driving the wrong way down U.S. Highway 98 when he collided with a vehicle driven by Brandon Woodward, 23, of Sandy Hook. Also in Woodward’s car were his infant son, Caynen Woodward, and 5-year-old daughter. Caynen, who was 22-months-old, passed away at Forrest General Hospital last Friday, according to officials. The accident happened around 12:17 a.m. a half mile east of Foxworth. Click to continue »

By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher

 A 22-month-old boy has died after a vehicle accident that occurred on New Year’s Eve in Foxworth, according to the Southwest Marion Volunteer Fire Department.

The boy, Caynen Woodward of Hurricane Creek, passed away at Forrest General Hospital on Friday, according to fire department officials. Click to continue »