LUCEDALE, Miss. — Two people are dead and 10 others are hurt after part of a Mississippi highway collapsed overnight, authorities said.
According to WKRG and WLOX, the incident occurred about 10 p.m. CDT Monday on Highway 26 in George County, west of Lucedale. The Mississippi Highway Patrol said two lanes of the road collapsed, killing at least two people. Another 10 people were hurt, including three who suffered critical injuries, WKRG reported.
Photos and videos from the scene appeared to show several cars and trucks in a large hole. WKRG’s Brianna Hollis tweeted that seven vehicles were involved.
The collapse came as Ida – which made landfall Sunday in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane before being downgraded to a tropical storm and, later, a depression – continued to churn through Mississippi.
John Glass, George County’s emergency manager, urged residents to avoid the roads to stay safe and ease the burden on first responders during the storm’s aftermath, according to WLOX.
Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast Jerilyn Collins returns to her destroyed home with the assistance of a Louisiana National Guard high water vehicle to retrieve medicine for herself and her father, and a few possessions, after she evacuated from rising floodwater in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, La., Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast Flooded streets and homes are shown in the Spring Meadow subdivision in LaPlace, La., after Hurricane Ida moved through Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Hard-hit LaPlace is squeezed between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (Steve Helber/AP)
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Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast Residents are rescued from floodwaters by members of the Louisiana State Fire Marshall's Office in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, La., Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)
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Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast A car passes under a fallen power line in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Houma, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip/AP)
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Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast KENNER, LOUISIANA - AUGUST 30: A man walks down a street flooded following Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Kenner, Louisiana. Ida made landfall yesterday as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast BILOXI, MS - AUGUST 30: A man helps a stranded motorist in floodwaters on Beach Blvd. on August 30, 2021 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Tropical Storm Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane yesterday in Louisiana and brought flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
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Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast KENNER, LOUISIANA - AUGUST 30: A woman looks over damage to a neighborhood caused by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Kenner, Louisiana. Ida made landfall yesterday as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast BILOXI, MS - AUGUST 30: Two men help a stranded motorist in floodwaters on Beach Blvd. on August 30, 2021 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Tropical Storm Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane yesterday in Louisiana and brought flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast A truck drives through high water near Highway 61 in Destrehan, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021 after Hurricane Ida made landfall. - Powerful Hurricane Ida battered the southern US state of Louisiana, leaving at least one dead and knocking out power for more than a million people, including the whole of New Orleans. Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm on August 29, 2021, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but had weakened to a tropical storm early August 30, 2021.The storm knocked out power for all of New Orleans, with more than a million customers across Louisiana without power, according to outage tracker PowerOutage.US. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast A truck drives through high water near Highway 61 in Destrehan, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021 after Hurricane Ida made landfall. - Powerful Hurricane Ida battered the southern US state of Louisiana, leaving at least one dead and knocking out power for more than a million people, including the whole of New Orleans. Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm on August 29, 2021, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but had weakened to a tropical storm early August 30, 2021.The storm knocked out power for all of New Orleans, with more than a million customers across Louisiana without power, according to outage tracker PowerOutage.US. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast A New Orleans Firefighter assesses damages to downtown buildings resulting from the effects of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in New Orleans, La. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
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Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast Jeremy Hodges looks of the damage to his family storage unit, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Houma, La. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast Jeremy Hodges walks onto of their family storage unit in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Houma, La. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Ida damages buildings, floods roads on Gulf Coast Rene Hebert carries a computer through the family's destroyed offices as cleans up in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Houma, La. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)