A 19-year-old in Pearlington, Mississippi, was killed by a car while helping a woman find a dog. According to Sunday’s WMC Action News 5, Joby Bennett, who would have turned 20 in one week, stopped to see if he could help after seeing a woman alongside Highway 90 late Saturday night.
Bennett’s mom, Pam, told the Herald Sun, “He was headed home when he seen a girl in the rain, standing on the Cowan Bayou Bridge. He turned around to help her.” While Bennett and the 35-year-old woman searched in the rain for the dog, a vehicle drove by and struck them both – Bennett died at the scene.
His family is devastated over the loss of a young man who was described as a “good guy,” who loved hunting, fishing and country music.
The surviving female victim, whose name has not been released, is being treated for broken bones. According to the Sun Herald, the driver who struck Bennett and the woman stopped after the fatal impact – the accident remains under investigation. The dog who Bennett and the woman were searching for was apparently a stray – no word on where the dog is today.
(Bennett family photo via WMC Action 5 News)
That’s what I’m talking about the Good Samaritan with you so damn rare nowadays this is just like helping a woman God bless him and may He rest in peace is a true hero
he was doing a good deed.im sorry he died and she got hurt.but she is alive to keep trying to find the dog.
Bless his compassionate heart….
My deepest sympathy to his family. He was obviously a very compassionate young man who would have been a huge asset to a society with many less-than-stellar people. RIP Joby.
There aren’t enough good people in this world to begin with and then we lose a man like this! Condolences for his family.
That is the first thought I had as well. Not enough good guys. May this young man RIP. His family will be telling his story for many years to come.
Prayers for all !
All the good ppl are gone….may his soul rest in peace…Amen..
IT is not a lot of consulation BUT his FAMILY RAISED a FINE UPSTANDING YOUNG MAN That They can Be PROUD OF!!! Not a lot of people can do that anymore!!! He died doing a GOOD DEED not in a gun BATTLE or something else of that nature!!!