The driver, Danny Breaux Jr., 51, of Lumberton, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Read More

Three people were killed in separate crashes in south Mississippi over the weekend, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Read More

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Mississippi man was killed in a Saturday afternoon accident on Interstate 59. Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol report that Danny Breaux Jr., ... Read More

Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) have identified the victim of a fatal crash that happened on I-59 in Pearl River County. Read More

The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Interstate 59 in Pearl River County Saturday, Sept. 19, at approximately 1 p.m. Read More

A wild video of cars and trucks traveling through floodwaters on a Mississippi interstate has gone viral. A film crew from WDSU in New Orleans captured video of cars and ['] ... Read More

A traffic accident has shut down southbound lanes of Interstate 59 in Poplarville. The closure extends from MS-53 at Exit 27 to Savannah-Millard Road at Exit 19. Drivers traveling southbound are being ... Read More

The wreck happened in the southbound lanes near mile marker 22 around 3 a.m. Read More

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - A 20-year-old woman is dead after being struck on Highway 59 by a vehicle on Sunday night. Renita Amauri Lane-Pruitt was walking along the highway looking for her phone that she ... Read More

A Picayune woman was killed Thursday in a crash on Interstate 59, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Britney Kennedy, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene in Pearl River County after her ... Read More

The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that happened on I-59 in Pearl River county on Thursday morning. According to MHP, a vehicle was traveling south on I-59 around 6:00am ... Read More

The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash in Pearl River County Thursday, May 14. According to the MHP, 35-year-old Britney Kennedy of Picayune, Mississippi was killed in the crash. Read More

A public safety alert has been issued in Mississippi after a lorry carrying rhesus monkeys overturned on Interstate 59 near Heidelberg, releasing several of the animals into surrounding woodland. Read More

A motorcyclist died after a crash on a Hattiesburg interstate. The crash occurred on Interstate 59 near mile marker 66 on April 15, 2026. According to Hattiesburg ... Read More

On Saturday, March 14, a car crash on Interstate 59 resulted in the death of one man. Around 3 a.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol was notified of an accident ['] ... Read More

According to Total Traffic New Orleans, traffic was at a standstill and backups stretched into Picayune near the MS-43 / Memorial Boulevard exit. Drivers headed south were encouraged to use I-10 as an ... Read More

The final monkey on the loose after a truck overturned on a Mississippi interstate was captured Wednesday afternoon. A resident who lives near the Interstate 59 crash site called authorities to report ... Read More

In the week that's passed since the crash involving 21 monkeys in Jasper County, WDAM 7 has obtained new details about the crash and what followed. Read More

What should I do if I see a monkey in Mississippi? A truck transporting rhesus macaques, often called rhesus monkeys, overturned while traveling on Interstate 59 near Heidelberg on Tuesday and several ... Read More

A Hattiesburg man died early Sunday after exiting a moving vehicle on Interstate 59, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Read More

JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating an incident that resulted in a pedestrian being struck and killed on I-59. According to MHP, the incident happened around 2 ... Read More

PICAYUNE, Miss. (WLOX) - The Picayune Police Department arrested two men on drug charges after a traffic stop on Monday, July 28. The traffic stop was conducted around 10:47 p.m. on I-59 near Exit 4. Read More

According to the Meridian Police Department, at approximately 7 pm, officers with the department conducted a routine traffic stop on I-59. Upon discovery, they found over 540 lbs of Marijuana. Read More

Hattiesburg police are searching for a suspect who broke into a vehicle on Doleac Drive. The incident occurred in the 100 block of Doleac Drive on Sunday, June 22 ... Read More

The post said the suspect intentionally rammed the Lumberton patrol vehicle, and following the collision, fled toward Mississippi 13 and continued northbound on Interstate 59. Shortly after, the ... Read More

All southbound lanes past the intersection of I-59 and U.S. Hwy 98 are at a standstill due to an 18-wheeler crash. Read More

Meridian, MS (May 2, 2025) - Emergency crews responded Tuesday to a serious crash with injuries near the Bonita Walmart along Virginia Dr in Meridian. According to local reports, the accident involved ... Read More

The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) is investigating a deadly crash that occurred early Monday morning on Interstate 59 in Pearl River County. According to MHP, the crash happened at approximately ... Read More

I-59 North is currently closed to traffic at Mile Marker 5 due to an accident. Officials report minimal congestion in the area, but drivers are urged to take alternate routes to avoid delays. Sign up ... Read More

Jackson police arrested a Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) trooper on a sexual battery charge. Detective Tommie Brown said Zachary McCroy, 29 was arrested on Thursday3. He appeared in court and ... Read More

A crash has stopped traffic on the busy Interstate 59 thoroughfare in Hattiesburg. The Mississippi Department of Transportation reported the accident occurred around 2:20 p.m. in the northbound lanes ... Read More

A crash delayed the morning commute along a section of I-59 in Forrest County. According to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), the crash happened around 7:50 a.m. in the southbound ... Read More

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - A multi-vehicle accident on the Hardy Street overpass of Interstate 59 in Hattiesburg claimed a person's life. At about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Hattiesburg Police Department ... Read More

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Hattiesburg police are investigating a crash that killed one person. The crash occurred at the intersection of WSF Tatum and Bonhomie Road on Tuesday, September 17. The ... Read More

A Laurel felon who got drunk and caused a crash that killed two local women in 2022 was ordered to spend the next two decades in prison as part of ... Read More

A man was killed when the 18-wheeler he was driver was struck by a pickup truck on Interstate 59 / 20 Friday. The coroner said Jamaiyia Foote, 30, from Mississippi, died when the pickup truck crossed ... Read More

MHP said the crash happened in the 6400 block of U.S. 11 in Lumberton. The crash was head-on and happened around 5:30 p.m. Read More

LUMBERTON, Miss. (WDAM) - Two people have died in a crash on U.S. Highway 11 in Lamar County on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, a head-on crash occurred around 5:30 p ... Read More

A Mississippi woman was killed after being hit by a car while walking along the highway. Officials from the Mississippi Highway Patrol report that Kayla Kelly, 36, of Seminary, was hit by a car while ... Read More

The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a crash at 4 p.m. Wednesday on I-59. Jordan A. Lott, a 33-year-old from Lumberton, was killed when the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox ran off the road and crashed ... Read More

The Mississippi Highway Patrol investigated the crash that occurred in March 2022. According to preliminary reports, Pruitt was driving a Cadillac XTS going south on I-59 when he collided with a 1992 ... Read More

Interstate 59 in Mississippi between mile markers 1 and ... Slidell, Picayune, Poplarville, Pearl River, Mcneil, Crossroads, Stennis Space Center, Lacombe and Slidell Airport. Read More

Officials with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced there will be a temporary closure on Interstate 59 in Pearl River County. Both ... Read More

A New Orleans man died after he allegedly jumped out of the back of a moving ambulance in Jones County. The Laurel Leader Call reported the incident happened on Interstate 59 near Ellisville around 12 ... Read More

A New Orleans man died after he came out of the back of a moving ambulance and slammed into the pavement on Interstate 59 near Ellisville around noon on Saturday. Read More

One person has died after a two-vehicle crash in Hattiesburg. Authorities said the crash happened early Wednesday morning on Interstate 59 near the northbound ... Read More

An early morning wreck involving multiple 18-wheelers has shut down southbound traffic on I-59 near Heidelberg. Hudson Jenkins, director of the Jasper County Emergency Management Agency, said the ... Read More

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Happy first day of December and the start to meteorological winter! You might want to allow some extra time to get to work or school this morning. Read More

Jones County Coroner Burl Hall said Tiara Nicole Hill, 33, Laurel, died at the scene from injuries suffered just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday in a two-vehicle accident on Sharon-Sandersville Road just ... Read More

A Mississippi man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 59 near the West Pearl River Bridge in St. Tammany Parish Wednesday night, authorities said. State Police said in a news ... Read More

Known as the '?Hub City'? for being the intersection point of an interstate and three U.S. highways, Hattiesburg provides easy access to New Orleans, Mobile, Jackson, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Read More

NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - A Picayune man died in a crash on I-59 Thursday night. ... 32, was traveling northbound on I-59 when he was struck from behind by Seggie Tyrone Ruffin of Columbia, MS. Read More

A Mississippi Highway ... afternoon during a four-vehicle wreck on Interstate 59 near mile marker 66. The accident occurred just before 3 p.m., said Hattiesburg police spokesman Ryan Moore. Read More

PEARL RIVER, La. - Four people were killed when an 18-wheel truck blew out a tire and crossed in to oncoming traffic on I-59 near the Louisiana / Mississippi state line Friday morning, according ... Read More