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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.

Confirmed Cases: 113876

Reported Deaths: 3238

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	7850	176
DeSoto	6857	79
Harrison	5050	83
Jackson	4450	84
Rankin	3881	86
Madison	3779	93
Lee	3507	79
Forrest	2995	78
Jones	2877	84
Washington	2551	99
Lafayette	2459	43
Lauderdale	2418	134
Lamar	2212	38
Bolivar	2001	77
Oktibbeha	1993	54
Neshoba	1831	111
Lowndes	1763	62
Panola	1690	38
Leflore	1651	87
Sunflower	1597	49
Warren	1536	55
Monroe	1473	72
Pontotoc	1458	19
Marshall	1392	27
Lincoln	1385	57
Pike	1377	56
Copiah	1362	36
Coahoma	1247	36
Scott	1247	29
Grenada	1211	38
Yazoo	1207	33
Simpson	1204	49
Union	1165	25
Tate	1149	39
Leake	1143	40
Holmes	1141	60
Pearl River	1122	59
Itawamba	1121	25
Adams	1067	43
Prentiss	1037	19
Wayne	998	21
Alcorn	981	12
George	977	18
Covington	953	26
Marion	935	42
Tippah	881	21
Newton	852	27
Chickasaw	836	26
Tallahatchie	830	25
Winston	828	21
Tishomingo	800	41
Hancock	798	27
Attala	789	26
Clarke	734	50
Clay	683	21
Jasper	677	17
Walthall	636	27
Calhoun	619	12
Noxubee	596	17
Smith	589	16
Montgomery	535	23
Claiborne	533	16
Tunica	528	17
Yalobusha	519	14
Lawrence	507	14
Perry	486	23
Carroll	476	12
Greene	469	18
Stone	462	14
Humphreys	426	16
Amite	421	13
Quitman	419	6
Jefferson Davis	400	11
Webster	370	13
Wilkinson	335	20
Benton	325	5
Kemper	320	15
Sharkey	280	14
Jefferson	274	10
Franklin	237	3
Choctaw	204	6
Issaquena	107	4
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Confirmed Cases: 155915

Reported Deaths: 2674

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Jefferson	22861	374
Mobile	14468	314
Tuscaloosa	10148	139
Montgomery	9875	196
Madison	9150	94
Shelby	7204	62
Lee	6496	65
Baldwin	6475	69
Marshall	4330	49
Calhoun	4189	60
Etowah	4187	49
Morgan	4036	35
Houston	3692	32
DeKalb	3302	29
Elmore	3148	52
St. Clair	2871	42
Limestone	2765	30
Walker	2722	93
Talladega	2610	35
Cullman	2357	24
Lauderdale	2148	41
Jackson	2100	15
Autauga	2023	30
Franklin	2021	31
Colbert	1967	31
Russell	1923	3
Blount	1893	25
Dallas	1862	27
Chilton	1841	32
Escambia	1719	29
Coffee	1717	10
Covington	1699	29
Dale	1654	51
Chambers	1336	43
Pike	1323	13
Tallapoosa	1305	87
Clarke	1300	17
Marion	1062	29
Butler	1001	40
Barbour	997	9
Marengo	992	22
Winston	913	13
Geneva	852	7
Pickens	824	17
Lawrence	821	31
Randolph	812	16
Bibb	811	14
Hale	749	30
Clay	729	12
Cherokee	726	14
Lowndes	703	28
Monroe	640	10
Henry	639	6
Bullock	637	17
Washington	634	12
Crenshaw	602	30
Perry	583	6
Wilcox	562	12
Fayette	561	13
Conecuh	557	13
Cleburne	543	8
Macon	529	20
Sumter	470	21
Lamar	466	5
Choctaw	388	12
Greene	342	16
Coosa	202	3
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0