Meridian, MS (September 05, 2021) – A 5-year-old child is dead following a car accident on Old Country Club Road in the area of Highway 39 on Saturday, September 4th.in Marion.
Meridian police detectives reported that a mother and two of her children were driving on Old Country Club Road when they were t-boned by an SUV driven by a 17-year-old girl.
The car overturned multiple times, killing the 5-year-old. The other child was med flighted to a hospital in Jackson in critical condition.
The mother is in a hospital in Meridian in stable condition.
The 17-year-old sustained minor injuries.
This accident is under investigation
We would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family of the deceased victim at this time. Our thoughts are with the injured victims and their families in hopes of a full recovery.
Fatal Car Accidents in Meridian
Most car accidents that take place in Mississippi cause those involved to receive critical or even deadly injuries. Along with the thousands of collision victims who annually endure these injuries, statistics tracked by the state’s Department of Transportation show that more than 700 lives were unnecessarily ended in vehicle collisions in 2016 in Mississippi.
Statistics observed by the Department of Transportation show that over 700 victims died during car crashes in the state in 2016. On top of this, several thousand victims suffered severe and sometimes even lifelong injuries that demand thousands of dollars worth of medical care.
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