Two sisters returning from a shopping trip and a man trying to elude police were killed when their cars collided head-on.

Their sister says 18-year-old Linsay Erin Lunsford and her 9-year-old sister Maggie were heading south on U.S. 15 after shopping in Oxford. Meanwhile, a Franklinton police officer was chasing Guy Christopher Ayscue of Henderson.

Franklinton Police Chief Ray Gilliam said Ayscue failed to stop when Officer Mike Dunlap observer him driving erratically and turned on his emergency lights and siren to get him to stop.

Gilliam said Ayscue attempted to pass a slower car near the top of a hill and crossed a double-yellow line. The state Highway Patrol says Ayscue's car slammed into Lunsford's 1999 Kia head-on at about 90 mph.
Gilliam says has been placed on administrative leave with pay.
That is standard procedure when civilians are seriously injured
during police activity.