{"id":141999,"date":"2024-08-20T17:09:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T22:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=141999"},"modified":"2024-08-20T17:09:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T22:09:42","slug":"oxford-man-dies-after-vehicle-flips-into-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/oxford-man-dies-after-vehicle-flips-into-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Man Dies After Vehicle Flips into Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Lafayette County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/strong> is currently investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred on the 500 Block of <strong>County Road 103<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 18, 2024, at approximately 11:39 am, the <strong>Lafayette County 911 Dispatch<\/strong> received a call reporting a vehicle upside down in a pond on private property. Units from the Lafayette County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LafayetteCountyFD?__cft__[0]=AZXvk5n5DUeO53jA3y0cwB1NG1molC5AckvZIgXjenpaetYYFpV4bnz0B8h2aTxXYvcKwf0huyjoOss6BP-cah2NwP89Z8Yqg2su2tGqgJWpxoKdSSM7f0mVuYgeDTNrX7g15MWflNcEzUwE6ewfqI4SKIE36AFvvqYXA_Qcx-8mcH2lc7WJWA734JcqsxUFUXnphFpi2JwK0-4Nha0jdQ3k&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Lafayette County Fire Department<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OxfordFD?__cft__[0]=AZXvk5n5DUeO53jA3y0cwB1NG1molC5AckvZIgXjenpaetYYFpV4bnz0B8h2aTxXYvcKwf0huyjoOss6BP-cah2NwP89Z8Yqg2su2tGqgJWpxoKdSSM7f0mVuYgeDTNrX7g15MWflNcEzUwE6ewfqI4SKIE36AFvvqYXA_Qcx-8mcH2lc7WJWA734JcqsxUFUXnphFpi2JwK0-4Nha0jdQ3k&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Oxford Fire<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong>Baptist Ambulance Service<\/strong> were dispatched to the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon arrival, first responders determined that the accident had potentially occurred overnight. The Lafayette County Fire Department, in conjunction with <strong>Shivers Towing Service<\/strong>, initiated recovery operations. The vehicle was successfully recovered from the pond, and the driver, identified as <strong>Gray Cassidy<\/strong>, 19, of <strong>Oxford, Mississippi<\/strong>, was pronounced deceased at the scene by <strong>Lafayette County Coroner<\/strong> <strong>Glenn Coleman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is a heartbreaking situation for our community,&#8221; said Sheriff <strong>Joey East<\/strong>. &#8220;Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Gray Cassidy during this difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cause of the accident is currently under investigation by the Lafayette County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. No further details are available at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lafayette County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is currently investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred on the 500<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1010,"featured_media":118091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[20778,16593,29936,1097,256,13633,4469,11024,5,4,29935,29934],"class_list":["post-141999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-county-road-103","tag-glenn-coleman","tag-gray-cassidy","tag-joey-east","tag-lafayette-county","tag-lafayette-county-coroner","tag-lafayette-county-sheriff","tag-lafayette-county-sheriffs-office","tag-mississippi","tag-oxford","tag-shivers-towing-service","tag-the-lafayette-county-fire-department"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FatalAccident.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142000,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141999\/revisions\/142000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}