By By Georgia E. Frye / staff writer
October 29, 2004
A Newton County man was killed Thursday while he was sweeping debris off Highway 19 North that had been left from an accident minutes earlier.
John Justice Brock, 42, a resident of Chunky, was struck by an oncoming car on the highway near Collinsville. Brock was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m. at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Sgt. Andrew Emerson with the Mississippi Highway Patrol said that Brock had been dispatched to Highway 19 North to tow a truck involved in a two-vehicle collision at about 4 p.m. near Mosley Crossing Road.
Emerson said that Brock was cleaning debris when he was struck by another car. Emerson did not release the name of the driver of the vehicle; he said the accident remains under investigation.
Maj. Ward Calhoun of the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department said Brock's death is the county's first fatality involving a pedestrian in the past couple of years.