Sheriff Todd Stewart said there were six people in the van at the time of the crash.
STONE COUNTY, Miss. — Multiple people are dead after a crash between a train and a van Friday afternoon in Stone County. Stone County Sheriff Todd Stewart said the crash happened around 1 p.m. at Pump Branch Road, just off Highway 49.
First responders had to cut their way into the woods to get to the wreck. Stone County Sheriff Todd Stewart said the crash happened around 1 p.m. at Pump Branch Road, just off Highway 49.Sheriff Stewart said there were six people in the van at the time of the crash. Stone County coroner Wayne Flurry confirms five of them died in the crash. The sixth person was life-flighted to New Orleans.Nearby resident Pam Olson has been sounding the alarm on the Pump Branch Road railroad crossing for some time. She was tending to her garden with her husband when the sound of screeching brakes made them jolt. “We heard it,” explained Olson. “My husband and I were in the yard working on our flowerbeds. I told my husband a train hit another vehicle. My husband ran up there and said, ‘Pam, it’s bad.’”outlines another wreck in the same spot, which resulted in the driver of a pickup truck being airlifted. Sheriff Stewart also pointed out that a“This’d be the second incident in the last four to five weeks involving fatalities and the third incident in the last year, all involving fatalities,” explained Sheriff Stewart. “To date, we’ve lost seven folks within the last year.” The crossing does not have crossing arms or lights. Stone County District 1 Supervisor Jimmy Springs said he previously reached out to MDOT railroad engineers and was told that crossarms are on the way for two crossings, including the one at Pump Branch Road. However, it could take a year for them to be installed. Following the crash, multiple northbound lanes were closed. Officials say the roadway was reopened by 4 p.m.Video shows University of Alabama student falling into water in SpainMan arrested in fatal shooting on Vienna Avenue, Mobile police saySouthwest Mobile County Chamber of Commerce honors community leaders at annual galaSecond arrest made in Forest Glenn Court shooting; bond set for another suspect
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