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Collision with city truck
claims Corinth woman
Published Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
By Brant Sappington
Staff Writer
A Corinth woman is dead after the vehicle she was riding in struck a City of Corinth brush collection truck as workers collected brush on the side of Proper Street Thursday morning. Misty Joy Barnett/Lipe, 31, was pronounced dead the scene of the two vehicle crash on Proper Street just east of the Pinecrest Road intersection. Corinth Deputy Police Chief Scotty Harville said two city street department workers, James Edward Williams Jr. and Clarence Turner, were loading brush into the truck on the side of the road when it was struck in the rear by a 2000 Kia traveling westbound on Proper Street driven by William M. Lipe Jr., 33, of Corinth.
Lipe was airlifted to North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Calls seeking information on his condition Thursday afternoon were not returned.
Harville said Turner was on the ground handing brush and debris up to Williams who was standing in the rear of the truck when the crash happened.
Turner was able to get clear of the crash and Williams fell into the pile of brush in the back of the truck when it was struck.
Corinth Street Commissioner Jim Bynum said both workers were transported to Magnolia Regional Health Center to be checked out but suffered only minor scratches and bruises in the accident.
The police department's accident reconstruction team was on the scene of the crash immediately following the collision and the case remains under investigation.
