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Car crash kills 2 kids, 16-year-old driver hospitalized

MHP says the single-car crash killed two children and injured a teenage driver.

Posted: Apr 21, 2020 3:27 PM

Posted By: Associated Press

HAZLEHURST, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in Mississippi say two children were killed and a teen driver was injured when their car left the road and struck a tree.

Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Sgt. Kervin Stewart says the single-car crash happened Monday afternoon on U.S. 51 south of Hazlehurst.

Stewart said an unidentified 16-year-old driver was with her two younger brothers, ages 3 and 6, when she lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree.

Stewart said details leading up to the crash weren’t immediately clear.

Stewart said the two brothers were killed on impact and the teen was hospitalized. He said no one was wearing a seat belt.

The investigation is ongoing.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 473413

Reported Deaths: 9214

County	Cases	Deaths
Harrison	32339	474
Hinds	30703	575
DeSoto	29814	346
Jackson	23263	336
Rankin	21111	358
Lee	14600	217
Madison	14043	265
Jones	13165	218
Forrest	12953	233
Lauderdale	11418	297
Lowndes	10249	175
Lamar	10048	128
Pearl River	8737	209
Lafayette	8078	136
Hancock	7324	111
Washington	6837	147
Oktibbeha	6820	118
Neshoba	6404	201
Monroe	6372	158
Warren	6326	161
Pontotoc	6103	93
Panola	6071	124
Bolivar	6016	143
Marshall	5972	118
Union	5640	86
Pike	5491	133
Lincoln	5232	130
Alcorn	5208	88
George	4578	68
Scott	4519	93
Leflore	4401	140
Prentiss	4372	76
Itawamba	4361	98
Tippah	4361	80
Simpson	4268	111
Copiah	4255	86
Wayne	4248	63
Tate	4234	100
Adams	4219	114
Yazoo	4158	86
Sunflower	4088	104
Covington	4073	91
Marion	4032	100
Leake	3931	85
Coahoma	3881	98
Newton	3644	74
Grenada	3517	101
Stone	3456	57
Tishomingo	3248	88
Attala	3211	85
Jasper	3102	62
Winston	3003	91
Clay	2882	73
Chickasaw	2821	64
Clarke	2774	87
Calhoun	2597	39
Holmes	2594	85
Smith	2439	47
Yalobusha	2167	47
Tallahatchie	2156	49
Walthall	2055	57
Greene	2040	45
Lawrence	2038	31
Perry	1964	53
Amite	1937	51
Webster	1919	41
Noxubee	1745	38
Montgomery	1698	53
Jefferson Davis	1655	41
Carroll	1599	37
Tunica	1484	34
Benton	1394	33
Kemper	1374	39
Claiborne	1256	34
Choctaw	1249	25
Humphreys	1233	37
Franklin	1152	27
Quitman	1018	25
Wilkinson	998	35
Jefferson	866	32
Sharkey	621	20
Issaquena	191	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 768301

Reported Deaths: 13209

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	109348	1727
Mobile	69989	1179
Madison	48418	589
Baldwin	35707	452
Shelby	35193	291
Tuscaloosa	33029	512
Montgomery	32582	664
Lee	21908	204
Calhoun	20140	377
Morgan	19351	318
Etowah	18583	433
Marshall	17272	259
Houston	16139	353
St. Clair	14956	276
Limestone	14129	180
Cullman	14069	235
Elmore	14010	245
Lauderdale	13128	272
Talladega	12399	215
DeKalb	11890	229
Walker	10231	312
Autauga	9493	127
Blount	9418	149
Jackson	9115	136
Coffee	8646	161
Colbert	8324	169
Dale	8284	159
Escambia	6456	106
Tallapoosa	6394	168
Covington	6313	157
Chilton	6243	133
Russell	5916	54
Franklin	5635	97
Chambers	5240	132
Marion	4628	115
Dallas	4626	178
Clarke	4514	71
Pike	4500	91
Geneva	4252	106
Winston	4079	87
Lawrence	4046	102
Bibb	3961	77
Barbour	3389	68
Marengo	3209	81
Monroe	3115	47
Butler	3097	83
Pickens	2987	69
Randolph	2940	55
Henry	2938	56
Hale	2860	81
Cherokee	2798	50
Fayette	2722	71
Washington	2435	45
Crenshaw	2322	65
Clay	2215	61
Macon	2144	54
Cleburne	2097	48
Lamar	1878	39
Conecuh	1771	39
Lowndes	1690	56
Coosa	1636	31
Wilcox	1543	35
Bullock	1471	42
Perry	1342	35
Sumter	1233	35
Greene	1192	41
Choctaw	723	25
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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