JEFFERSON COUNTY, MS. (THECOUNT) — Lisa McGarry McIntosh, 66, of Natchez, was killed Tuesday afternoon when an ATV overturned on her in Jefferson County, Mississippi. McIntosh had been facing an aggravated DUI charge stemming from a separate September crash that killed motorcyclist James Hilliard, 34, of Sicily Island, Louisiana.
Jefferson County Sheriff James Bailey said his office received a call from members of McIntosh’s family at approximately 3:02 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, reporting the fatal ATV accident.
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Bailey said McIntosh had been visiting the home of her ex-husband, Gordon McGarry, 70, and went out alone for a ride. When McGarry returned and discovered she was missing, he went looking for her.
McIntosh was eventually found on Brown Road, off River Road. Bailey said preliminary information indicated the ATV may have struck a hole, causing McIntosh to lose control of the handlebars. The vehicle then struck an embankment and overturned onto her.
The fatal ATV accident came less than two months after McIntosh was identified as the driver in a Sept. 15 collision that killed Hilliard on Lower Woodville Road in Natchez.
Investigators said McIntosh was driving southbound when her vehicle struck Hilliard’s northbound motorcycle. The impact threw Hilliard into the southbound lane, where a vehicle traveling behind McIntosh ran over him. Hilliard died at the scene.
Natchez Police Chief Lee Best said McIntosh failed field sobriety tests following that collision. A blood sample was sent to the Mississippi Crime Lab, and Best later confirmed that the results indicated McIntosh was intoxicated at the time of the crash. He did not disclose the specific blood-alcohol level.
McIntosh was facing an aggravated DUI charge in connection with Hilliard’s death. Best said her family had arranged for her to receive treatment at a rehabilitation facility following the September crash. According to the information provided, she was released from the facility Monday, one day before the fatal ATV accident.
The September case remained a separate criminal matter, and the allegations against McIntosh had not been resolved by a court at the time of her death.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the ATV accident. No additional details about the exact circumstances of the overturn or whether the ATV was mechanically inspected have been released.
The crash occurred on Brown Road near Mississippi Highway 553 in Jefferson County, in southwestern Mississippi, near the Natchez region. The precise crash location has not been identified; the map link below is an approximate road-area search and has not been independently confirmed as the scene.
Google Maps: Approximate Brown Road and Highway 553 area
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