A Vicksburg woman was killed and three men were injured in four crashes Thursday on Interstate 20.
Additionally, a Tallulah man was killed in a single vehicle crash in Madison Parish.
Andrea Thomas, 42, of Vicksburg was killed when an eastbound 18-wheeler crossed the median of the interstate and crushed her car, dragging it into the ditch next to North Frontage Road near the former site of Captain Jack’s Bent and Dent Groceries.
Thomas was pronounced dead at about 7:25 p.m., Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey said.
“She had multiple injuries,” Huskey said.

The semi-truck driver, whose name has not been released, told police that he was driving east on I-20 when a vehicle entered the highway from the Halls Ferry Road on-ramp and quickly merged in front of him, Vicksburg accident investigator Leonce Young said.
“He tried to avoid hitting the vehicle, and hit the shoulder and lost control,” Young said.
The interstate and North Frontage Road were closed for several hours as police investigated the crash.
The truck crossed the median and struck Thomas’ black Pontiac, crash witnesses Chris Lockridge said.
“I was standing outside my church making a phone call when it came across the highway,” said Lockridge, who is an investigator with the District Attorney’s Office.
The truck went on top of the front end of the car, dragging it to its final stopping point near the frontage road, Lockridge said.
Thomas was on the way to her home in Cottonwood Estates off Redbone Road after dropping off her 18-year-old son when the crash happened, her husband, John Thomas said.

“She was a really loving mother and a sweet wife. She loved her church and loved the Lord,” John said. “She went out of her way to help people.”
In addition to her husband, Andrea Thomas is survived by her son, Jonathan and an 11-year-old daughter Alyssa.
Funeral arraignments had not been set this morning, John said.
Kendal Hawkins, 21, of Tallulah was pronounced dead at 10:42 p.m. Thursday at River Region Medical Center after a crash at 4:11 p.m. in Tallulah, Huskey, said.
Hawkins was taken to River Region after crashing his vehicle into a telephone pole on Lexing Street, which runs north of U.S. 80 in Tallulah, according to Tallulah police records.
“He was a good respectful person,” his mother, Violet Smith said. “A lot of people loved him.”
Hawkins was working odd jobs and focusing on becoming a truck driver, Smith said.
“He loved trucks. His heart was on being a truck driver,” Smith said.
Hawkins left behind three children and had another child on the way.

Two more men were injured Thursday when a car sideswiped a tractor-trailer, causing traffic delays on Interstate 20 for several hours.
A westbound Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Timothy D. Goodson, 105 Buena Vista Drive, sideswiped an 18-wheeler driven by Friel Scott of Cottageville, S.C., on Interstate 20 West between U.S. 61 and Clay Street, said Young, a Vicksburg accident investigator.
Scott was in the left lane of the interstate when Goodson’s vehicle hit him from the right after entering the highway from U.S. 61 North and passing a pick-up.
“He decided he wanted to go around the pick-up at a high rate of speed and ran into the side of the 18-wheeler,” Young said.
Goodson was airlifted to University Medical Center in Jackson. He was in good condition Friday morning, hospital spokesman Gary Pettus said.
Scott was taken to River Region Medical Center where his condition was unavailable Friday morning.
The impact broke the steering on the 18-wheeler, causing it to flip on its side and scatter its load of steal beams. The interstate was closed for about 45 minutes after the crash, but cleanup lasted well into the afternoon causing traffic delays.
“They were 25-30 foot beams. That’s whey the traffic was so backed up. As they would load the beams, we would have to stop traffic.”
At its longest, a line of traffic stretched east from the crash site nearly to Bovina. On U.S. 61, traffic was backed up to Culkin Road as drivers had to use an alternate route rather than enter the Interstate.
The traffic delays contributed to a second wreck on Interstate 20 as a car rear-ended an 18-wheeler about two miles east of the Mississippi Department of Transportation westbound weigh station.
No one was injured in the second crash or two subsequent crashes on I-20.