Ice causes crash that kills 2 in Marshall County

A fatal two- car accident in Marshall County on Thursday was caused when one of the driver’s lost control after his car skidded on ice, the Mississippi Highway Patrol confirmed. .

Mississippi Highway Patrolman Joey Miller said in an e-mail that Joshua Cunningham, 25, and his passenger, Crystal McDonald, 27, both of Aberdeen, Mississippi, were killed in the crash that occurred at 7:38 a.m. on U.S. 78. The location is in the area of mile marker 21 at the Red Banks overpass, he said.

Miller said Cunningham lost control of his car after sliding on ice. The vehicle crossed the median of the highway and collided with a car driven by Eddie Brunson of Bartlett. at Bill Morris Parkway Brunson was taken to the and Hacks Cross. Regional Medical Center Officials issued warnings in critical condition. to motorists to be

Cunningham and Mcwary amid earlier-thanusual Donald were pronounced wintry weather. dead on the scene. “While we’re experiencing

More than 150 crashes this winter-type weather, were reported in Memphis drivers have to be especially as frigid weather arrived cautious on bridges about sunrise Thursday. and overpasses,” Miller Raymond Rhodes, 27, died said. when he was thrown from In DeSoto, county emergency his pickup after it slid to services chief deputy the base of an embankment director Chris Olson on Friday said “we’ve been doing fine so far” avoiding serious accidents. During initial icy conditions early Thursday, he said, “we had a few traffic accidents, but nothing like Memphis” and Marshall County.

Olson noted some precipitation is predicted for the weekend: “We urge all motorists to be extra careful at night, due to the threat of slick or icy conditions.”