2 killed in Rankin County crash involving dump truck
3 survivors rushed to hospital
Updated: 11:40 AM CST Nov 19, 2018
WAPT
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SOURCE: WAPT
Two people were killed and three injured in a crash in Rankin County, authorities said. Just before midnight Monday, a pickup truck crashed intro the back of a dump truck on Highway 49 just south of Star Road, officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol said.Authorities said the pickup truck overturned killing driver William M. Ham, 21, of Mize, and his passenger, Jamie B. Powell, 19, of Raleigh.Passengers Brandon E. Doyle, 20, of Taylorsville, and Alexis Taylor (age unknown), of Pinola, suffered severe injuries, MHP officials said.First responders had to use the Jaws of Life to get them out of the vehicle.Doyle and Taylor were taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The dump truck driver, Shemaiah E. Arbuthnot, 35, of Woodville, was also taken to UMMC, where authorities said he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. —
Two people were killed and three injured in a crash in Rankin County, authorities said.
Just before midnight Monday, a pickup truck crashed intro the back of a dump truck on Highway 49 just south of Star Road, officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol said.
Authorities said the pickup truck overturned killing driver William M. Ham, 21, of Mize, and his passenger, Jamie B. Powell, 19, of Raleigh.
Passengers Brandon E. Doyle, 20, of Taylorsville, and Alexis Taylor (age unknown), of Pinola, suffered severe injuries, MHP officials said.
First responders had to use the Jaws of Life to get them out of the vehicle.
Doyle and Taylor were taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The dump truck driver, Shemaiah E. Arbuthnot, 35, of Woodville, was also taken to UMMC, where authorities said he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.