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Tonya Sanchez, 23, killed after her car strikes a tree on Interstate 59 near Pearl River, Louisiana

Date: 
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Area: 
New Orleans, LA
Tonya Sanchez, 23, struck a tree at about 2 p.m. off of I-59 northbound near Pearl River, Louisiana. Sanchez, who was alone in the car, was extracted from the vehicle and transported to Ochsner Northshore in Slidell, where she later died of her injuries. 

Man escapes burning car after single-vehicle crash on Interstate 59 in Eastabuchie, Mississippi

Date: 
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Area: 
Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS

A man was driving near Monroe Road on Interstate 59 when he drove off the road, and the car rolled over and caught fire. Bystanders were able to help the man escape before the vehicle caught fire, saving his life. Parts of the forest the car crashed into caught fire when the car did, but firefighters were able to contain it. The man's name has not been released.

Kenneth Dewayne Blanchard, 35, dies in pedestrian accident when struck by hit-and-run tractor-trailer while walking for help for flat tire on Interstate 59 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Date: 
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Area: 
Birmingham, AL
Northport resident  Kenneth Dewayne Blanchard was walking on Interstate 59 after getting a flat early Thursday morning. He died when he was hit by a tractor-trailer whose driver fled the scene. The truck is believed to be a dark brown Freightliner Classic with a model year between 1991 and 2002.  Please contact your nearest state trooper post by dialing *HP on your cell phone or the Tuscaloosa State Trooper Post at 205-553-5531, if you have any information on this accident or the driver.

Mitchell Ray Toombs, 23, killed in crash on Interstate 59 in Birmingham on May 28.

Date: 
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Area: 
Birmingham, AL

Authorities have identified a man killed early Wednesday in a crash on Interstate 59.

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the victim as Mitchell Ray Toombs. Toombs, 23, was from Ashville.

The crash happened about 3:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes between Roebuck Parkway and First Avenue North. Authorities said Toombs' vehicle left the roadway and hit a guardrail.

He got out of his vehicle and was walking around looking over the damage when a second vehicle struck him, police said. That vehicle also hit the victim's already-wrecked vehicle.