WAYNE COUNTY, TN : 2 dead, driver and toddler injured in crash near mile marker 343 in Wayne County on Thursday, 21st February 2019

Two people were killed in a single-vehicle accident on Natchez Trace Parkway early Thursday morning.

According to officials with the National Parks Service, the accident happened near mile marker 343 in Wayne County around 3:20 a.m.

The vehicle, a 2015 Dodge Charger, was traveling in the northbound lanes when it left the road and hit a tree. The driver, identified as 21-year-old Justin Nance, as well as an 18-month-old in the back seat, were taken to North Alabama Medical Center.

The two other passengers in the car died in the accident. They were identified Thursday as Rayshon Ewing, 18, and Daneisha Townsend, 19.

“This is the second and third fatalities we’ve had this week, and this incident occurred only seven miles from the one we had on Sunday,” Chief Ranger Sarah Davis said in a news release.

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