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Three North Escambia Residents Escape Injury In Mississippi Wreck
July 6, 2009
Three North Escambia residents escaped injury in a two vehicle accident in northwestern Mississippi late Sunday morning.
Ashely Gunter and Terri Sanders of McDavid and Carrie Gunter of Century were headed home from a weekend visit with relatives when the accident occurred in Tunica, Mississippi, about 30 miles outside of Memphis, Tennessee.
Witnesses said a late model Volvo traveling at a high rate of speed sideswiped Sanders’ Toyota Camry. The Volvo became airborne, landing upside down in a water-filled drainage ditch. Carrie Gunter, the driver of the Toyota, managed to avoid oncoming traffic and pull to the side of the road.
The driver of the Volvo was able to climb out of the wreckage. She refused transport to an area hospital. The three North Escambia women were not injured in the accident, and they were able to continue on their trip home in the slightly damaged Toyota.
Authorities said that alcohol may have lead the driver of the Volvo to cause the crash. The accident is still under investigation. Mississippi authorities are awaiting the results of blood alcohol tests on the Volvo driver before filing any charges.
Pictured above: The driver of this overturned Volvo reportedly sideswiped a Toyota occupied by three North Escambia residents late Sunday morning near Tunica, Mississippi. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “Three North Escambia Residents Escape Injury In Mississippi Wreck”
I am so sorry Ashley. I miss you. Be safe please.
It very well may be dangerous,but I know that the law,when it catches you in Mississippi,doesn’t stop at a warning!!!! It puts you under the jail!!!!!
Pretty bad when you have to find out about family from William.
Mae
We just got back from North Mississippi. You have to be extra careful driving up there. It was nothing to be going the speed limit and have people pass you going extremely fast (25 mph or more over speed limit). Sometimes they were even swirving. And if you were at a red light intersection and your light was green, you had to watch it cause people would run their red light. We saw at least a wreck per day up there. We were there for more than a month!