Mississippi
6 people killed in crashes during Thanksgiving travel period in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Six individuals have been killed in crashes over the course of the Mississippi Freeway Patrol’s Thanksgiving vacation journey enforcement interval, which spanned Wednesday, November 23 to Sunday, November 27.
Additionally throughout that interval, MHP issued 9,179 citations, made 172 arrests for impaired driving, and investigated 212 crashes leading to 43 accidents.
The deadly crashes occurred in Stone, Scott, Leake, Rankin, Clarke and Marshall Counties.
The Leake County crash, which occurred on November 24, would declare the lifetime of Shaniqueva Bush, 24, of Kosciusko. The Rankin County crash would declare the lifetime of yet-to-be-unidentified white male on November 25.
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