Daily Journal The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a fatality in Union County involving a pedestrian. Troopers responded to MS 348 near Ellistown at approximately 6:30pm Thursday. Upon arriving, it appeared Timothy Hampton, 44, of Blue Springs, was struck by 1997 Chrysler while he was trying to direct traffic around a disabled tractor. Hampton was airlifted to Region One in Memphis where he died today from injuries sustained in the crash.