1 killed, 2 airlifted after head-on crash in Newton County

Published: Jan. 25, 2021 at 4:29 PM CST
NEWTON COUNTY, Miss. (WTOK) - One person was killed and two others were airlifted after two vehicles collided on McKee Road in Decatur last week.
Newton County Sheriff Joedy Pennington said one car was traveling east and the other vehicle was traveling west.
Pennington said the crash claimed the life of an 18-year-old female and caused severe injures to a mother and her 7-year-old daughter. Both survivors were airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
The names of the people involved in the crash were not released.
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