'She probably fell asleep,' coroner says of woman killed crash on I-10 near Bay St. Louis
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The driver killed in a crash Saturday morning near Exit 13 on Interstate 10 was a 22-year-old woman from Jamaica, Hancock County Coroner Jim Faulk. said.
Shenique Wiggan, 22, died when her vehicle left an eastbound lane and struck a westbound semi-truck head-on, he said.
"She probably fell asleep behind the wheel," Faulk said. "She was a non-citizen who had a Mississippi driver's license."
Bay Police Chief Gary Ponthieux has said the collision occurred just after 7 a.m when a mid-size passenger vehicle crossed the center median near Exit 13 and collided with a westbound truck in oncoming traffic.
The driver of the semi-truck was not injured, Ponthieux said in a press release.
Bay police and the Mississippi Department of Transportation investigating.
This story was originally published June 30, 2018 at 12:30 PM.