 Severe Accident on Pass Road in Gulfport by Keith Burton - GCN 5/15/08 Gulfport Police spent much of Thursday afternoon investigating a severe multi-car accident that occurred on Pass Road early in the afternoon. Emergency officials arriving at the accident had to cut a passenger out of a crushed Corvette and attend to victims in the three-car wreck that delayed traffic for several hours on Pass Road.  The accident happened near Loposser Avenue, near Allen Hyundai. Witnesses to the accident said the Corvette was eastbound on Pass Road when it made a U-turn and was hit by a westbound Honda Accord, which was then hit by a Mercury Sable. (GCN Photo right: Gulfport police blocked a portion of Pass Rd. west-bound to finish their investigation into Thursday's severe accident) The Corvette, driven by Sean King of Long Beach, was heading east on Pass Road and, veered into the westbound lane and struck a 1998 Honda Accord driven by Carrie Rayner, also of Long Beach, according to a news release from Gulfport police.. The Accord then ran into a 1994 Mercury Sable driven by Charles Todaro of Biloxi. King and his passenger, Rayner and Todaro were taken to Memorial Hospital with injuries.
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