Children killed in Copiah County accident

A vehicle accident in Copiah County has claimed the lives of two small children.

COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OFTWO SMALL CHILDREN...THE DRIVEROF THE CAR THEY WEREIN, RECEIVING TREATMENT TONIGHTFORSERIOUS INJURIES...16 WAPT'S TROY JOHNSON, WORKINGFROM HOME HAS MORE ON THIS TOUGHSTORY... YEAH MEGAN...ANY ACCIDENT ISTRAGIC, BUT WHEN CHILDREN AREINVOLVED IT'S EVEN MOREHEARTBREAKING...STATE POLICE SAY THE ACCIDENTHAPPENEDTHIS AFTERNOON, AND CLAIMED THELIVES OF A3 AND A 6 YEAR OLD...IT WAS A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ONUS 51 JUSTSOUTH OF HAZELHURST...STATE POLICE ARRIVED ON THESCENE AROUND4:30 MONDAY AFTERNOON...ARRIVINGAT A WRECK INVOLVING A 2005DODGE NEON THATWAS HEADING NORTHBOUND... APRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONDETERMINED ONLY ONE VEHICLE WASINVOLVED,AND TROOPERS HAVE AN INITIALSENSE OF WHATHAPPEND IN THE MOMENTS BEFORETHECRASH...SOTSGT KERVIN STEWART:53-1:00IT APPEARS THAT THE VEHICLE LEFTTHE ROADWAY FOR UNKNOWNREASONS...THE DRIVER OVER-CORRECTED TO THE LEFT, LOSTCONTROL, LEFT THE ROADWAYAGAIN, AND COLLIDED WITH A TREETHE ACCIDENT WAS ALREADYTERRIBLE, BUTUPON INVESTIGATION, TROOPERSUNDERSTOODWHY THE CRASH WENT FROM ONE THATWASPOTENTIALLY SURVIVABLE, TO FATALFOR THE TWO SMALL KIDS...SOTSGT KERVIN STEWART1:01-1:12NEITHER OF THE OCCUPANTS, THEDRIVER WHO WAS A JUVENILE, ORTHETWO JUVENILES THAT WERE ALSO INTHE VEHICLE, A WERE RESTRAINEDBY A SEATBELT, OR CHILDRESTRAINTSSTATE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER, A16 YEAR OLD GIRL DID SURVIVE...SOTSGT KERVIN STEWART1:34-1:40WE DO KNOW SHE WAS TAKEN TO UH,THE HOSPITAL HERE INHAZELHURST, AND FROM THERE SHEWAS FLOWN TO UMC WITHUNKNOWN INJURIES AGAIN A VERY TRAGIC CRASH...THERE IS NO WORD TONIGHT, ON THECONDITION OF THE DRIVER, SHEREMAINS ATUMMC...STATE POLICE HAVE NOT YETRELEASED THENAMES OF THE CHILDRED WHO DIEDIN THAT CRASH...