Columbus, MS (June 26, 2022) – An employee of the Columbus Light and Water Department died on the job on Saturday, June 25th.
According to the Lowndes County Coroner, 54-year-old Johnny Will Prude, Jr. was found dead at the CLW’s wastewater plant off Yorkville Road near the Columbus fairgrounds.
The CW General Manager reported that, at about 9:30 a.m., one of their employees was performing routine jobs at one of the department’s water facilities. After a period of time during which the employee failed to respond to any calls from his co-workers, emergency protocols were executed to establish the employee’s whereabouts.
The police were finally notified of the situation around 2:00 p.m. and assisted other workers in a thorough search of the plant.
The worker’s body was eventually discovered behind the plant.
The cause of Prude’s death was not immediately apparent. The body was transported to the state crime lab for an autopsy.
We would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family of the deceased victim, Mr. Johnny Will Prude Jr., at this time.
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