JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -
Courtesy Linda Cranford, Jones County Fire Council PIO
Sunday morning, December 23, a six-year old male child was
airlifted to Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg after being ejected from
the vehicle in a one-vehicle rollover accident in Jones County and his
grandmother and four-year old sister were transported by ambulance to Forrest
General Hospital.
At 10:25 a.m. medical first responders and rescue units from
Powers and Glade Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the accident that
occurred on U.S. Highway 84 East just west of the intersection of Keahey Gore
Road.
According to an eye witness the grandmother, who is in her
late sixties, was traveling west on U.S. Highway 84 East when she lost control
of a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport, left the road in the median and the vehicle
flipped approximately three times before coming to rest on the passenger side
in the eastbound lane of the four-lane highway; blocking both lanes. Her
six-year old grandson was thrown out of the vehicle and landed on the pavement
approximately 15 feet from the vehicle.
Life Flight Helicopter landed in the westbound lane of U.S.
Highway 84 East and the young boy was airlifted to Forrest General in
Hattiesburg with serious life-threatening injuries. The grandmother and
her four-year old granddaughter were transported to Forrest General Hospital by
EMServ ambulance service with what is believed to be non-life threatening
injuries.
According to officials on scene the grandmother stated that
she was trying to restrain her grandson, who had just unbuckled his seatbelt,
when the accident occurred.
The westbound lane of U.S. Highway 84 East remained closed
for over an hour and a half while rescue and recovery efforts were
performed.
The accident remains under investigation by the Mississippi
Highway Patrol.
Also responding to the scene were Jones County Sheriff's
Department, Jones County Fire Coordinator Dan McKenna and Investigator Wayne
Black of the Jones County District Attorney's Office.
Courtesy Linda Cranford, Jones County Fire Council PIO
