ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY THURSDAY | JUNE 14, 2018 MDPS pays $500K in Kersh case cident on May 7, Patrol cruiser. She was 22. ‘Kaelin Kersh Act’ will take effect July 1 2017. The crash Kyle Lee, the MHP trooper In an agreed final judgment, BY ALEX HOLLOWAY Mississippi 16th Circuit happened shortly who collided with the Corolla, Coleman ordered MDPS to pay
[email protected] Judge Lee Coleman ordered the before 1:30 a.m. was responding to another call $500,000 — the maximum re- at the intersec- of a car that left the road. Kersh covery allowed against a gov- department to pay the amount The Mississippi Depart- tion of Mayhew was the only fatality. Alexander ernmental entity under the Mis- in the case of Tanequa Alexan- ment of Public Safety has paid Road and High- and Collier were hospitalized sissippi Tort Claims Act. $500,000 to the Oktibbeha der v. Mississippi Department way 182. The car after the crash. Oktibbeha County Circuit County Circuit Court to be given of Public Safety v. Noel A. Col- in which Kersh Kersh Kersh’s death came shortly Court received the money from to the victims of a fatal May 2017 lier and the estate of Kaelin G. was a passenger, a 2002 Toyota after she graduated from MSU the Mississippi Tort Claims accident involving a highway pa- Kersh. Corolla, was hit while attempt- with a degree in Kinesiology, Board on June 6, according to trolman and a former Mississip- The litigation was spawned ing to turn onto the road by an on May 5.