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Date: 
Saturday, May 24, 2014
A Sunday afternoon accident involving an all-terrain vehicle and an SUV killed a 93-year-old man from Ripley, Mississippi. Leroy Derrick, a retired constable, was trying to cross Highway 4 near County Road 548 on his ATV when he drove into the path of the SUV. The accident happened around 2:40 p.m. on Sunday. Officials say Derrick died on the scene. The driver of the SUV was not hurt.
Date: 
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

A tractor-trailer driver is dead after a fiery crash on Interstate 240 eastbound at Millbranch Road on Thursday night.

The tractor-trailer overturned and burst into flames around 9:45 p.m.

Crews pulled the driver from the truck. He was sent in extremely critical condition to the Regional Medical Center, where he died.

The driver's name hasn't been released but WMC Action News 5 has found that he is from Memphis, worked for J and J Waste and was hauling paper when the crash happened.

Date: 
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

A tractor-trailer driver is dead after a fiery crash on Interstate 240 eastbound at Millbranch Road on Thursday night.

The tractor-trailer left the road, hit the ditch and a fence before it burst into flames around 8:45 p.m.

Good Samaritans pulled 37-year-old Jamie Fore from the truck.

Date: 
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Three people were involved in a collision on I-40 near Sycamore View around 10 p.m. Saturday. One man, 31, was riding a motorcycle while the other victim, 21, was standing outside of his vehicle on the highway. A 23-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The driver of the motorcycle,  Jimmy C. Mackey, 31, and Sergio Gomez, 21, were pronounced deceased at the crash site. The 23 year old female passenger on the motorcycle is listed in critical condition at Regional One Hospital.