Jefferson Davis County school bus carrying students hit by tractor-trailer
Published 7:47 pm Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Holley Cochran / The Prentiss Headlight—JDC Sheriff's Deputy Stephanie Barnes comforts the students that were on the bus.
Holley Cochran / The Prentiss Headlight—A Jefferson Davis County school bus driven by Tomie Bryant was struck by an 18-wheeler and came to a stop off Old Hebron Road.
Holley Cochran / The Prentiss Headlight
Holley Cochran / The Prentiss Headlight—A Heartland Express tractor-trailer driven by Denelius Dampier was traveling down Old Hebron Road when a Jefferson Davis County school bus crossed in path coming from Shivers Booth Road.
Holley Cochran / The Prentiss Headlight Hernishia Lawrence holds her daughter, Colby Lawrence, close after she arrived at the accident scene. Colby is a fourth grade student at J. E. Johnson Elementary School in Prentiss.
Holley Cochran / The Prentiss Headlight
Holley Cochran / The Prentiss Headlight
A Jefferson Davis County school bus carrying students in the after-school program was hit by an 18-wheeler Tuesday afternoon.
The bus was traveling down Shivers Booth Road when it crossed in front of the path of the tractor-trailer driven by Denelius Dampier on Old Hebron Road. Dampier drives for Heartland Express and just left his house on Walker Road headed to work.
Several of the eight students on the bus had cuts and scrapes, but no major injuries and none were transported to the hospital. The driver of the bus, Tomie Bryant, was transported by ambulance to Jefferson Davis Community Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The accident remains under investigation.
