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Police say road rage likely caused the death of a Murfreesboro man this morning. 55 year old James Smithey died after police say the truck he was driving crashed after he swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle. Tonight his stepdaughter, who is the mother of 3 children that were also in the truck, spoke ONLY to FOX17. The stepdaughter of 55 yea rold James Smithey was too distraught to show her face, but not too devastated to tell FOX17 her stepfather was a good man and a fighter. Smithey lost his life in a crash Murfreesboro Police say was likely caused by a case of road rage. Witnesses reported seeing a Ford truck and a white car driving erratically on Northwest Broad Street near Singer Road just before 7am. Smithey's 14 year old granddaughter and 2 grandsons, ages 8 and 7, were in the truck. Witnesses say that's when the truck swerved off the road and flipped several times. The children were treated and released. Police are still searching for the white car investigators say left the scene.
"It's tragic, I mean to see somebody lose their life over something so small," says Stephen Merritt, who works near where the accident took place. "You know, because our anger gets the best of us sometimes, it could cause someone to lose their life and cause a family member to lose their loved ones."
Smithey's loved ones say no matter what caused the altercation, it wasn't worth the price they paid.
"It's tragic, I mean to see somebody lose their life over something so small," says Stephen Merritt, who works near where the accident took place. "You know, because our anger gets the best of us sometimes, it could cause someone to lose their life and cause a family member to lose their loved ones."
Smithey's loved ones say no matter what caused the altercation, it wasn't worth the price they paid.
Friday, August 31 2012, 08:02 PM CDT
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Tishomingo County voters OK beer, alcohol sales
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IUKA, Miss. (AP) -- Tishomingo County is the latest Mississippi jurisdiction to legalize alcohol sales.
Voters approved the sale of liquor, wine and beer Tuesday, reports the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/13JCcix).
It wasn't clear referendums would pass until affidavit ballots were counted Wednesday.
With more than half Tishomingo County's voters casting ballots, legalizing alcohol passed by 42 votes, while legalizing beer and light wine passed by 73. The county borders Alabama and Tennessee.
Lawmakers legalized liquor at a proposed resort at the county's Bay Springs Lake in 2010, but it wasn't built.
Greene County voters legalized beer sales last year, while Corinth, New Albany and Senatobia have legalized alcohol sales under a 2012 law that allows cities to hold votes.
Mississippi has 13 remaining counties that allow no beer or alcohol sales.
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