text: UPDATE 10/31/16 10:55 p.m.: Newton County Coroner Danny Shoemaker confirms three people were killed in the accident, including two children and one adult. 
   
   Accident scene on Highway 80 (Photo Source: WTOK-TV) 
   
   Multiple people were killed and several more injured Monday evening in a hayride accident in Newton County. 
   
   It happened before 8 p.m. on Highway 80 in Chunky. Sgt. Andy West with the Miss. Highway Patrol says multiple people were killed and several people were injured in that accident involving a hayride and another vehicle. 
   
   "There were two vehicles involved. One of the vehicles was pulling a trailer, which was loaded with several occupants. Adults and children were on the trailer. Both vehicles were traveling westbound on Highway 80 when an F-150 collided into the rear of the trailer," said Sgt. Andy West. 
   
   West says the vehicle apparently rear-ended the trailer that was carrying many people. Newscenter 11 confirms seeing at least three helicopters landing on scene to transport those who were injured to the hospital. Lifecare Ambulance and Metro Ambulance have been called to the scene, as well. Newscenter 11 saw four people being airlifted by helicopter to hospitals. 
   
   "It's a small community. This is a bad thing to happen anywhere, but when it's local, it really hits home. These are good people, and our hearts go out to them," said West. 
   
   We have no word yet on how many other injuries there are. 
   
   We will continue to keep you posted throughout the night as we learn any new information. ||||| In Chunky, Miss., a small town of about 325 tucked into a crook of the Chunky River outside Meridian, several adults and children were enjoying a classic Halloween tradition: a hayride in the crisp October air. 
   
   After donning Halloween costumes, the kids and their parents piled onto the back of a hay-lined flatbed truck towed by a Jeep. They were driving along Highway 80, a two-lane, pine-tree-lined road through the rural town, when the night took a tragic turn. 
   
   At about 7:45 p.m. Central Time, a Ford F-150 driving down Highway 80 rear-ended the trailer during the hayride, Mississippi Highway Patrol Sgt. Andy West told WLBT. 
   
   MHP confirms multiple deaths after a Ford F-150 rear-ended a trailer carrying adults and children in Chunky, MS https://t.co/FOcnzMcEpO pic.twitter.com/fm2NyybPun — WLBT 3 On Your Side (@WLBT) November 1, 2016 
   
   It is unclear what caused the crash, and no arrests have been reported. 
   
   Three helicopters and several ambulances rushed to the scene and took the injured to three hospitals. 
   
   Two died at the scene, and a third person died while waiting for a helicopter. Two of the dead were adults, and one was a child. They were all related, but their names have not been released at this time. 
   
   It is unclear how many people were injured. 
   
   “It was just chaos,” Newton County Coroner Danny Shoemaker told the Associated Press, speaking of the scene on Highway 80. 
   
   “It’s a small community,” West told WTOK. “This is a bad thing to happen anywhere, but when it’s local, it really hits home. These are good people, and our hearts go out to them.” 
   
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   In this image made from video, people gather around a pickup truck on a flatbed truck at the scene of an accident on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., late Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. A vehicle struck the flat-bed trailer carrying adults and children who were dressed up for Halloween, killing three people... (Associated Press) 
   
   In this image made from video, people gather around a pickup truck on a flatbed truck at the scene of an accident on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., late Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. A vehicle struck the flat-bed trailer carrying adults and children who were dressed up for Halloween, killing three people... (Associated Press) In this image made from video, people gather around a pickup truck on a flatbed truck at the scene of an accident on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, Miss., late Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. A vehicle struck the... (Associated Press) 
   
   CHUNKY, Miss. (AP) — A vehicle struck a flat-bed trailer carrying adults and children who were dressed up for Halloween, killing three people and injuring several others in a small Mississippi town, authorities said. 
   
   Two children and one adult — all related to each other — were killed in the crash, Newton County Coroner Danny Shoemaker said late Monday. Their names and ages were not immediately released. 
   
   "It was just chaos," Shoemaker said, describing the scene of the wreck on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, a town near the Alabama border, about 80 miles east of Jackson. 
   
   There was no immediate word on what caused the crash. 
   
   The coroner said two people died at the scene and the other died waiting for a hospital helicopter. 
   
   Three helicopters and multiple ambulances took the injured to hospitals. Some had life-threatening injuries, Highway Patrol Capt. Johnny Poulos said. 
   
   Poulos told The Associated Press it appears the vehicle struck the trailer about 7:45 p.m. CDT. Details about the number of people injured were not immediately available. Investigators were on the scene late Monday. 
   
   Poulos said he did not know what group was sponsoring the trailer ride. 
   
   Chunky has a population of about 325. It is near the Chunky River, a popular site for canoeing. 
   
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   This story has been corrected the location of Chunky. It is east of Jackson, not west.
target: – A vehicle struck a hay-lined flatbed trailer carrying adults and children who were dressed up for Halloween, killing three people and injuring several others in a small Mississippi town, authorities say. Two children and one adult—all related to each other—were killed in the crash, Newton County Coroner Danny Shoemaker said late Monday. Their names and ages were not immediately released. "It was just chaos," Shoemaker tells the AP, describing the scene of the wreck on US Highway 80 in Chunky, a town near the Alabama border, about 80 miles east of Jackson. Halloween hayrides are a tradition in Chunky, which has a population of around 325, reports the Washington Post. "It's a small community. This is a bad thing to happen anywhere, but when it's local, it really hits home," Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Andy West tells WTOK. "These are good people, and our hearts go out to them," he says. West says a Ford F-150 pickup truck apparently rear-ended the trailer, which was being pulled by another vehicle, while both vehicles were traveling westbound.