Woman from Monroe Co. killed in fatal accident
MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – An elderly Monroe County woman was killed in an early morning accident on January 22.
The crash happened on Highway 8, east of Aberdeen, near Shields Circle, just before 7:15 am.
Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley said 83-year-old Mary Harris, of Greenwood Springs, died shortly after arriving at Monroe Regional Hospital.
Harris was a passenger in a vehicle going west on Highway 8.
Gurley said they collided with a vehicle going eastbound. The vehicles also caught fire.
State troopers are investigating the crash.
