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Two Delta State students killed in accident
by The Associated Press
Sep 09, 2011 | 5306 views | 4 4 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend | print
SHAW — Two Delta State University students were killed Thursday when their vehicle collided with a police cruiser in Shaw on U.S. Highway 61.

Bolivar County Deputy Coroner J. O. Trice tells The Bolivar Commercial (http://bit.ly/qgbQqH ) that 19-year-old Lashondria Rice of Shaw was pronounced dead the scene. He says 22-year-old Teikeia Dorsey, also of Shaw, was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.

Police Chief Levis Ford Jr. says Officer Tony Collins was injured in the accident and was taken to a Jackson hospital. His condition was not available.

Ford says his department is cooperating with the Mississippi Highway Patrol in the investigation of the accident.
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