On Thursday, August 11, a UPS driver died in an early morning truck accident in Newton County.
According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol the accident happened shortly after 4 a.m. on Interstate 20 near the 99 mile marker, a mile west of the Lake-Lawrence exit, The accident involved three 18-wheelers, which were all were traveling eastbound. One of the trucks, being driven by Derrick Franklin, of Ellenwood, ran into the rear of the second truck being driven by Ougda Depoch, of Rollette, Texas which then caused the third truck, which was a UPS truck being driven by 48 year old Billy “Larry” Robinson, 48, of Rainbow City, Alabama, to crash as well.
Robinson, who was a feeder driver based in Birmingham who had been with the company for 29 years, and was killed in the accident.
Franklin, along with his passenger, Demetrius Williams, of Atlanta, were both injured in the accident although their condition is unknown. Depoch was not injured.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
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