Monticello woman killed in Monday crash

Published 1:33 pm Tuesday, February 14, 2023

A Monticello woman was killed Monday while she was walking along Hwy. 98 near Van Norman Curve Road in Pike County.

At approximately 8:33 p.m., Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop M officers responded to a report of a fatal crash involving a pedestrian, according to Cpl. Craig James.

A 2005 Cadillac Escalade — driven by Jer-Rel Mark, 30, of Tylertown — was traveling east on Hwy. 98 when it collided with 41-year-old Angela Hope Wooley, of Monticello. Wooley received fatal injuries and was pronounced dead on the scene.

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The crash remains under investigation by MHP.