UPDATE: Troopers ID one victim from Monroe County collision

Troopers have identified one of the three victims who were killed in last week's fiery crash in Monroe County.

Posted: Apr 23, 2018 1:39 PM

Updated: Apr 23, 2018 1:45 PM

Posted By: Zac Carlisle

MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) - Troopers have identified one of the three victims who were killed in last week's fiery crash in Monroe County.

Master Sgt. Criss Turnipseed says one of the drivers has been identified as 54-year-old Donald Wright of West Point. He was driving north in the southbound lane at the time of the crash, according to troopers.

"The identities of the other two victims are still being established and should be ready for release by the end of the week depending confirmation from the Mississippi Medical Examiner's Officer in Pearl," MHP stated.

This accident remains under investigation by MHP.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 28770

Reported Deaths: 1092

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	2247	39
DeSoto	1442	16
Madison	1242	34
Jones	1091	49
Neshoba	970	70
Lauderdale	894	79
Rankin	860	12
Forrest	829	42
Harrison	794	10
Scott	757	15
Copiah	580	16
Leake	565	19
Jackson	557	16
Holmes	536	41
Wayne	522	12
Lee	518	16
Oktibbeha	516	25
Washington	512	9
Yazoo	478	6
Leflore	474	49
Warren	463	17
Lowndes	459	12
Lincoln	437	34
Lamar	431	7
Grenada	396	5
Pike	393	12
Monroe	375	29
Lafayette	368	4
Attala	355	23
Newton	332	9
Sunflower	321	6
Covington	317	5
Bolivar	298	13
Panola	295	6
Adams	280	18
Simpson	271	3
Chickasaw	264	18
Tate	264	8
Marion	263	11
Pontotoc	261	6
Jasper	251	6
Noxubee	247	8
Pearl River	245	32
Clay	244	10
Winston	244	6
Claiborne	239	10
Marshall	212	3
Smith	211	11
Clarke	204	24
Coahoma	190	6
Union	181	9
Walthall	179	4
Kemper	176	14
Yalobusha	166	7
Lawrence	162	1
Carroll	161	11
Humphreys	130	9
Itawamba	130	8
Tippah	127	11
Webster	126	10
Calhoun	124	4
Montgomery	124	2
Hancock	123	13
Tallahatchie	115	3
Jefferson Davis	107	4
Prentiss	100	3
Greene	96	8
Jefferson	96	3
Wilkinson	92	9
Tunica	90	3
Amite	84	2
George	75	3
Tishomingo	73	1
Choctaw	72	4
Quitman	69	0
Perry	63	4
Alcorn	60	1
Stone	54	1
Franklin	39	2
Benton	27	0
Sharkey	27	0
Issaquena	8	1
Unassigned	0	0

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Confirmed Cases: 39604

Reported Deaths: 961

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Jefferson	4532	143
Montgomery	3875	102
Mobile	3797	134
Tuscaloosa	2107	39
Marshall	1622	10
Lee	1245	37
Shelby	1109	23
Madison	1104	7
Morgan	1020	3
Walker	871	23
Franklin	863	14
Dallas	841	9
Elmore	836	14
Baldwin	735	9
Etowah	644	13
DeKalb	641	5
Butler	607	27
Chambers	600	27
Tallapoosa	572	69
Autauga	553	12
Unassigned	507	24
Russell	503	0
Lowndes	458	20
Lauderdale	457	6
Houston	446	4
Limestone	429	0
Cullman	411	4
Pike	407	5
Colbert	377	5
Bullock	364	9
Coffee	359	2
Barbour	333	1
Covington	332	7
St. Clair	319	2
Marengo	299	11
Hale	296	21
Escambia	293	6
Wilcox	284	8
Talladega	282	7
Calhoun	280	5
Sumter	279	12
Clarke	268	6
Dale	262	0
Jackson	252	2
Winston	237	3
Blount	218	1
Pickens	217	6
Chilton	215	2
Marion	206	13
Monroe	205	2
Choctaw	192	12
Randolph	188	9
Conecuh	186	6
Greene	178	8
Macon	177	8
Bibb	176	1
Perry	154	1
Henry	130	3
Crenshaw	124	3
Washington	102	7
Lawrence	100	0
Cherokee	79	7
Lamar	71	1
Geneva	70	0
Fayette	67	1
Clay	61	2
Coosa	57	1
Cleburne	30	1
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