Two convicted in crash that killed unborn child in Oxford
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, JUL 25 – Meko Lamar and Tyler Hammond were convicted for reckless driving at 116 mph while fleeing police, resulting in the death of a 23-week unborn child, and sentenced to 20 years each.
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Two Como men found guilty in crash that killed unborn child - The Oxford Eagle
Two Como men will spend about 20 years in prison after being found guilty Wednesday of causing a wreck that claimed the life of an unborn child. It took the Lafayette County jury about two and a half hours to find Meko Lamar, 22, and Tyler Hammond, 22, both of Como, guilty of two charges of fleeing to elude causing injury and fleeing to elude causing death. During the two-day trial, District Attorney Ben Creekmore and Assistant District Attorney…
Two men found guilty in crash that killed unborn child, injured mother
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-- Two men were found guilty on Wednesday by a Lafayette County jury in the 2022 vehicle crash that claimed the life of a mother's unborn child. According to Oxford Police, the crash happened on March 6, 2022, around 3:15 a.m. when Meko Lamar and Tyler Hammond were drag racing and their car struck the mother's car. Meko Lamar (left) Tyler Hammond (right) (Courtesy: Oxford Police Department) Unborn baby dies in drag racing car …
Two convicted in crash that killed unborn child in Oxford
OXFORD, Miss. (WJTV) - A Lafayette County grand jury found two men were found guilty in connection to a crash that seriously injured a pregnant woman and led to the death of her unborn child. After a two-day trial, the jury found both Meko Lamar and Tyler Hammond guilty of felony fleeing in concert with injury and felony fleeing in concert with death on July 23, 2025. Trio steals $200K of electronics in multi-state Walmart heist, police say…
Two men given 20 years after a crash that killed an unborn child
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – Two Panola County men will spend the next 20 years in prison for a car crash that killed a pregnant woman’s unborn child. A Lafayette County jury found Meko Lamar and Tyler Hammond both guilty of Fleeing in Concert with Injury and Fleeing in Concert with Death in connection with the March 2022 crash. Lamar and Hammond were both fleeing from police when their vehicle hit a Dodge minivan. The driver, who was pregnant at the …
Two Found Guilty in 2022 Oxford Crash That Injured Pregnant Woman, Killed Unborn Child - Darkhorse Press
A Lafayette County jury has returned guilty verdicts in a tragic 2022 crash that left a pregnant woman seriously injured and claimed the life of her unborn child. The incident occurred on March 6, 2022, on West Jackson Avenue near McDonald’s, when officers with the Oxford Police Department responded to a violent crash involving two vehicles. Following a thorough investigation, authorities determined that Meko Lamar and Tyler Hammond were fleeing…
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