Thursday, September 1, 2011

5-Year-Old Dies in 6-Vehicle Wreck

GAUTIER -- Authorities have identified the child who died Wednesday afternoon during a horrific six-vehicle pileup on Interstate 10.

Four Victims Identified in Deadly I-10 Accident
WLOX TV-13/Thursday, September 01, 2011
  
     Alayah Wesley, 5, and Sabriya Thomas Barnes, who was 29, died in the fiery crash that also killed three other people and injured four, including two other children. Both lived in Moss Point.
     Two other victims, according to wlox.com , also have been identified: Steven Johnson and Thomas Andrews, both of Mobile. Family members have to be notified before the fifth victim's name can be released.

4 of 5 Wreck Victims Identified In Fiery Interstate Wreck In Gautier
The Mississippi Press/Thursday, September 01, 2011

     According to several media outlets, two children and two adults also were taken to Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula and Ocean Springs Hospital in that city.
     The six vehicles involved in the wreck included two pickup trucks, one pulling a horse trailer, a SUV, 18-wheeler, a minivan, and car. The accident occurred around 3 p.m. in I-10's eastbound lane near the exit for Gautier-Vancleave Road, and on the Martin Bluff Road overpass.

All Five Killed in I-10 Wreck Identified: Names Released on Four (Updated
The Sun Herald/Thursday, September 01, 2011 (11:10 a.m.)

The fifth victim is said to be an Hispanic male whose family lives in Mexico, according to sunherald.com.

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