Birmingham, AL: Woman provides harrowing account of fatal accident after flag rally on Sunday, July 19th 2015

A woman involved in a fatal accident following a pro Confederate flag rally said she doesn't know who caused the crash despite widespread speculation on the Internet about who is to blame.Stuart resident Arlene Barnum was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Anthony Hervey, 49, of Oxford, Mississippi, when it went off the roadway and flipped on a Mississippi highway. Hervey died and Barnum received treatment at a hospital before being released.The Mississippi Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 11:20 a.m. Sunday on MS Highway 6.The pair had attended the the pro Confederate flag Monumental Dixie rally in Birmingham, Alabama, prior to the crash. Hervey was driving when Barnum said a silver vehicle approached, sped up and tried to run the vehicle she was in off the road. The vehicle that approached contained four or five individuals Barnum described as African American.One Internet blog has implied that, somehow, the incident was the result of a confrontation between Barnum, Hervey and anti-flag advocates at the rally. Other commenters on various Internet sites have tried to imply the incident was somehow related to the controversy over the flag, but Barnum said she has no idea who caused the tragedy."Hervey sure was trying to get away fast," she said. "I don't think he hit the brakes — not at all. The only thing that stopped the truck was the roll over."“I didn't know who those guys were in that car as I've never seen them before,” she said.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol made no mention of a second vehicle in an initial account of the crash. Since then, the authorities have not responded to requests for comment or further details.Barnum said Hervey said "what the (heck),” moments before the crash. "Then he was swerving to get away from them. He sped up a bit to get away from them.”

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Woman provides harrowing account of fatal accident after flag rally