The Mississippi Department of Public Safety pays $500,000 to the family of a Mississippi State University track star who was killed in a crash involving a state trooper.
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - The Mississippi Department of Public Safety pays $500,000 to the family of a Mississippi State University track star who was killed in a crash involving a state trooper.
Kaelin Kersh was killed in the accident in May 2017.
The Starkville Daily News reports Judge Lee Coleman ordered the department to pay her family in a lawsuit filed by them.
Kersh's death was shortly after she graduated from the university.
She was 22.
Data is updated nightly.
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Hinds | 2152 | 39 |
| DeSoto | 1373 | 16 |
| Madison | 1222 | 34 |
| Jones | 1069 | 49 |
| Neshoba | 960 | 69 |
| Lauderdale | 882 | 78 |
| Rankin | 841 | 12 |
| Forrest | 814 | 42 |
| Scott | 750 | 15 |
| Harrison | 744 | 8 |
| Copiah | 566 | 15 |
| Leake | 548 | 19 |
| Jackson | 533 | 16 |
| Holmes | 527 | 41 |
| Wayne | 521 | 12 |
| Washington | 496 | 9 |
| Lee | 493 | 16 |
| Oktibbeha | 486 | 24 |
| Yazoo | 473 | 6 |
| Leflore | 472 | 49 |
| Lowndes | 453 | 11 |
| Warren | 443 | 17 |
| Lincoln | 435 | 34 |
| Lamar | 419 | 7 |
| Grenada | 380 | 5 |
| Monroe | 367 | 29 |
| Pike | 367 | 12 |
| Attala | 352 | 23 |
| Lafayette | 352 | 4 |
| Newton | 328 | 9 |
| Sunflower | 306 | 6 |
| Covington | 302 | 5 |
| Bolivar | 277 | 13 |
| Panola | 270 | 6 |
| Adams | 267 | 18 |
| Chickasaw | 259 | 18 |
| Tate | 257 | 7 |
| Jasper | 250 | 6 |
| Marion | 248 | 11 |
| Pontotoc | 247 | 6 |
| Noxubee | 245 | 8 |
| Pearl River | 244 | 32 |
| Winston | 243 | 5 |
| Clay | 242 | 10 |
| Claiborne | 236 | 10 |
| Simpson | 230 | 3 |
| Smith | 206 | 11 |
| Clarke | 201 | 24 |
| Marshall | 201 | 3 |
| Coahoma | 186 | 6 |
| Kemper | 176 | 14 |
| Union | 175 | 9 |
| Walthall | 172 | 4 |
| Yalobusha | 161 | 7 |
| Carroll | 160 | 11 |
| Lawrence | 159 | 1 |
| Itawamba | 127 | 8 |
| Calhoun | 124 | 4 |
| Humphreys | 123 | 9 |
| Tippah | 123 | 11 |
| Webster | 123 | 10 |
| Montgomery | 122 | 2 |
| Hancock | 120 | 13 |
| Jefferson Davis | 106 | 4 |
| Tallahatchie | 104 | 3 |
| Prentiss | 98 | 3 |
| Greene | 92 | 7 |
| Jefferson | 92 | 3 |
| Wilkinson | 91 | 9 |
| Tunica | 89 | 3 |
| Amite | 82 | 2 |
| George | 74 | 3 |
| Choctaw | 71 | 4 |
| Quitman | 68 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 68 | 1 |
| Perry | 61 | 4 |
| Alcorn | 56 | 1 |
| Stone | 52 | 1 |
| Franklin | 38 | 2 |
| Benton | 27 | 0 |
| Sharkey | 24 | 0 |
| Issaquena | 7 | 1 |
| Unassigned | 0 | 0 |
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 4387 | 142 |
| Montgomery | 3839 | 99 |
| Mobile | 3697 | 134 |
| Tuscaloosa | 2049 | 38 |
| Marshall | 1537 | 10 |
| Lee | 1189 | 37 |
| Shelby | 1082 | 23 |
| Madison | 1057 | 7 |
| Morgan | 981 | 3 |
| Walker | 867 | 23 |
| Franklin | 852 | 13 |
| Dallas | 819 | 8 |
| Elmore | 813 | 14 |
| Baldwin | 686 | 9 |
| Etowah | 625 | 13 |
| Butler | 604 | 27 |
| DeKalb | 602 | 5 |
| Chambers | 581 | 27 |
| Tallapoosa | 563 | 69 |
| Autauga | 545 | 11 |
| Unassigned | 520 | 25 |
| Russell | 484 | 0 |
| Lowndes | 458 | 20 |
| Lauderdale | 444 | 6 |
| Houston | 434 | 4 |
| Limestone | 409 | 0 |
| Cullman | 400 | 3 |
| Pike | 399 | 5 |
| Colbert | 368 | 5 |
| Bullock | 362 | 9 |
| Coffee | 353 | 2 |
| Barbour | 323 | 1 |
| Covington | 308 | 7 |
| St. Clair | 304 | 2 |
| Hale | 293 | 21 |
| Marengo | 286 | 11 |
| Wilcox | 280 | 8 |
| Sumter | 276 | 12 |
| Calhoun | 270 | 5 |
| Talladega | 267 | 7 |
| Clarke | 266 | 5 |
| Escambia | 263 | 6 |
| Dale | 244 | 0 |
| Jackson | 238 | 2 |
| Winston | 233 | 3 |
| Blount | 214 | 1 |
| Chilton | 211 | 2 |
| Pickens | 211 | 6 |
| Marion | 203 | 12 |
| Monroe | 197 | 2 |
| Choctaw | 192 | 12 |
| Conecuh | 180 | 4 |
| Bibb | 171 | 1 |
| Macon | 170 | 8 |
| Randolph | 170 | 9 |
| Greene | 166 | 7 |
| Perry | 145 | 1 |
| Henry | 130 | 3 |
| Crenshaw | 123 | 3 |
| Lawrence | 101 | 0 |
| Washington | 100 | 7 |
| Cherokee | 74 | 7 |
| Lamar | 71 | 1 |
| Fayette | 67 | 1 |
| Geneva | 67 | 0 |
| Clay | 58 | 2 |
| Coosa | 55 | 1 |
| Cleburne | 29 | 1 |
| Out of AL | 0 | 0 |
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