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Miss. correctional officer killed in crash while working
By sunherald.com
Published: 05/27/2015

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — A longtime officer from South Mississippi Correctional Institution was killed in a traffic accident Monday while helping escort an inmate from one hospital to another, the state Department of Corrections said Tuesday.

Sgt. Iris Smith, 53, died when the prison van she was driving hit the back of an 18-wheeler on U.S. 49 in Hattiesburg, the department said in a news release.

Smith was alone in the van. Another correctional officer was riding in an ambulance with an inmate who was being taken from Greene County Hospital to Forrest General Hospital.

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