Two Dead, 10 Injured, After Mississippi Highway Collapse Sends Multiple Vehicles Into Crater

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Footage showed multiple vehicles at the bottom of a 20-foot-deep crater after the highway collapse.

News Correspondent

Published Aug. 31 2021 4:28AM EDT

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Two people have been killed and 10 others hurt after part of a Mississippi highway collapsed in a disaster that officials said was most likely caused by the pummeling rains from Hurricane Ida.

Jamie Ross

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Two Dead, 10 Injured, After Mississippi Highway Collapse Sends Multiple Vehicles Into Crater

Footage showed multiple vehicles at the bottom of a 20-foot-deep crater after the highway collapse.

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Jamie Ross