
HOLMES COUNTY, MS (WLBT) - A woman was killed in Holmes County Wednesday morning after a car plowed into her.
The accident happened on Highway 17 just outside of Lexington.
According to Sgt. James Walker with the Mississippi Highway Patrol, 58-year-old Viola Nu-tall was standing behind her broken-down car and was apparently trying to push it off the highway when she was struck by a 1997 Oldsmobile Delta 88.
Nu-tall was pronounced dead at the scene.
The other driver was not hurt.
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