Lee County Fatal

LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The Lee County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a three car accident that claimed the life of a Fulton man Saturday evening.

The crash happened around 7:00p.m. near the intersection of County Road 814 and County Road 1467.

According to Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green, 77 year old Clemmie Pound was pronounced dead at the scene after his vehicle hit another vehicle causing another car to crash in the process.

Sheriff Jim Johnson says, Pound was not wearing his seatbelt.

Pound worked with the Tupelo sanitation department and was known through out the community.