Two people killed after pickup truck, car collided on rural Mississippi highway
Published 9:24 am Friday, June 21, 2024
Two people were killed when a pickup truck collided with a car on a rural Mississippi highway Thursday.
Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol report that the fatal crash on Highway 371 in Itawamba County occurred shortly after 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
The crash reportedly involved a southbound pickup truck colliding with a northbound car.
The driver of the truck, a 16-year-old boy from Mooreville, and a passenger in the car, Alexis Hawkins, 25, died at the scene of the crash.
MHP did not name the teenager because the victim was underage.