Man involved in fatal crash remains in jail

Published 9:55 am Tuesday, January 26, 2016

A Vicksburg man remained in the Warren County Jail Monday evening without bail accused of leaving the scene of a three-car collision early Saturday morning on U.S. 80 near Greenhill Road in which an Edwards woman and her 9-year-old son were killed and two others injured.

According to Warren County Jail records, Cedrick Blackmore, 30, 65 Smallwood Drive, remained in jail without bond awaiting his initial appearance in justice court.

Blackmore is accused of rear-ending a car and causing it to cross into the opposite lane and hit another car head-on, killing two people.

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The accident occurred about 2:45 a.m. Saturday.

Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey said Cadelia Harris, 40, and her son, Jarrett Nelson, 9, were declared dead at the scene of the accident. He said the bodies were sent to the Mississippi State Crime Lab.

Mississippi Highway Patrol Cpl. Eric Henry said Trameka Flowers, 22, and an unidentified passenger in her car were seriously injured and taken to Merit Health River Region Medical Center.

According to MHP reports, Flowers was westbound on U.S. 80 when the car she was driving was hit in the rear by a maroon Chrysler 300 driven by Blackmore. The collision caused Flowers to lose control of her car, cross the center line and collide head-on with the car driven by Harris, which was eastbound. Blackmore allegedly left the scene, but was later found at his home on Smallwood Street and taken into custody.

 

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John Surratt is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in general studies. He has worked as an editor, reporter and photographer for newspapers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post staff since 2011 and covers city government. He and his wife attend St. Paul Catholic Church and he is a member of the Port City Kiwanis Club.

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