McComb woman dies in I-55 crash at Brookhaven exit

Published 10:44 am Monday, August 27, 2018

A McComb woman died early Saturday morning in a one-car collision on I-55 at the Brookhaven exit.

Latasha Malena-Betrice Daniels, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lincoln County coroner’s office, said Coroner Clay McMorris.

Daniels was alone in a 2009 Chevy Impala heading north on I-55 around 5:35 a.m., said Cpl. Brandon Fortenberry with the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Fortenberry said it appears Daniels swerved around mile marker 39 about a mile south of the Brookhaven exit to avoid a deer carcass that was present and went off the interstate on the right. The car traveled down the embankment and collided with two trees.

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He said the Impala overturned and Daniels was ejected from the vehicle.

The crash remains under investigation by MHP.