Update 09/05/18
The victim has been identified as Logan Scott Mattox, 17, of New Site.
See the original post below.
PRENTISS COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) - A 17-year-old died following a crash on the Natchez Trace Parkway.
The single-vehicle crash happened early Tuesday morning near Tishomingo at milepost 287.
According to park rangers, it appears the male teen was driving a car northbound on the parkway when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree.
The teen was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Rangers say the juvenile is from New Site. The name of the juvenile was not released by park rangers.
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