The MSHP worked a couple of traffic accidents in Pemiscot County Monday. The first happened at 10:30 a.m. on Route C at Route J west of Deering. The Patrol reports 46 year old Jeremiah Morris of Steele was hurt when his car struck the towed unit of a Freightliner.
Morris was taken to Pemiscot Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.
The second crash also involved a Freightliner, when a car driven by 28 year old Markell Brown of McLain, MS pulled into the path of the truck.
According to Troop E, Brown and a passenger in his car, 28 year old Terry Mills of Leakesville, MS, were hurt. Mills was taken by Survival Flight to a Memphis hospital with moderate injuries, while Brown was taken to the hospital in Hayti with minor injuries.
That accident happened at 5:45 p.m. on Route E east of Cooter.