Harrison County Deputy Glenn Everett Roe & Wife Melanie Involved In Saturday Fatal Jackson County Motorcycle Crash

JACKSON COUNTY, MS. (THECOUNT) — Glenn Everett Roe and his wife Melanie, have been identified as the couple involved an a fatal motorcycle crash in Jackson County Saturday morning, according to reports.

Authorities confirmed Glenn, a deputy with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, was killed and his wife, an Animal Control Officer with the Wiggins Police Department, seriously injured following a motorcycle crash in St. Martin, Mississippi.

The wreck occurred Saturday morning while Glenn was operating a motorcycle with his wife as a passenger traveling on Old Fort Bayou Road in St. Martin.

The crash involved at least two motorcycles and a pickup truck.

A family member told WLOX that Roe was a deputy with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office who died in the wreck.

Melanie has been hospitalized in unknown condition. Family said Glenn Roe has worked in law enforcement for roughly 30 years.

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Geo quick facts: St. Martin is a census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,730 at the 2010 census, up from 6,676 at the 2000 census. Mississippi is a southern U.S. state with the Mississippi River to its west, the state of Alabama to its east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. Its Mississippi Delta region is considered the birthplace of blues music, honored at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale. Also in the region is the Vicksburg National Military Park, preserving the site of a critical Civil War battle – Wikipedia.