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Lunchtime Crash Leaves One Dead In Tupelo
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 9, 6:52 PM CDT
updated Oct 11, 7:00 PM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WCBI-TV, Brookhaven city and Hattiesburg American, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A Tupelo High School football player died following a single-vehicle lunchtime car crash in Tupelo. The Hattiesburg American, Brookhaven city, and WCBI-TV reported the incident.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 2, Oct 12, 12:29 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Tupelo High School football player dies in car accident · Hattiesburg American
- Tupelo High School football player dies in single-vehicle crash · Brookhaven city
- Lunchtime crash leaves one dead in Tupelo · WCBI-TV
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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