One dead after I-55 crash in Lincoln County

LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating after a deadly crash in Lincoln County Thursday.

MHP responded to reports of the crash on Interstate 55 at approximately 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17.

According to officials, 33-year-old Jordan Rushing of Brookhaven, Mississippi, was driving south in a 2019 Toyota RAV4 when the vehicle collided with a 2022 Freightliner occupied by 36-year-old Nigel Johnson of Rayne, Louisiana.

The Freightliner was parked on the shoulder of I-55 at the time of the crash.

Rushing received injuries in the crash and was taken to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced deceased.

Johnson did not receive injuries in the crash.

No further information has been released at this time.

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