Emergency crews were called to the Natchez Trace Parkway near the Leake/Attala County line early Thursday morning, April 11, after a vehicle struck a tree that had fallen across the road.
Attala and Leake County Deputies, Natchez Trace Park Rangers, and EMS responded to the scene around 1:30 a.m.
No injuries were reported. The road was temporarily blocked as crews worked to clear the scene.
Jim Gilbert
April 11, 2025 at 5:12 PMThe Natchez Trace has become dangerous! Trees damaged by the drought and pine beetles are falling onto the Parkway and nothing is being done to correct the problem. Five weeks ago a man was killed by a dead tree falling on his moving vehicle. How many people will have to die before something is done?
Rebecca
April 16, 2025 at 4:24 AMI lost my brother to a tree that had fallen across the Trace in January of 2021. Nothing is being done.