Single vehicle crash on Natchez Trace kills one
The portion of the Natchez Trace between I-55 northbound and Rice Road is now open.
Published: Oct. 20, 2023 at 8:37 AM CDT
RIDGELAND., Miss. (WLBT) - One person has died after a single-vehicle crash on the Natchez Trace Friday morning.
National Park Service District Supervisor Stephen Dollinger said a Dodge vehicle veered off the road and hit a tree around 5:30 a.m.
The driver, 47-year-old John Vanderford of Ridgeland, died on the scene.
The portion of the Natchez Trace between I-55 northbound and Rice Road is now open following the reconstruction phase of the investigation.
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