By Associated Press - Wednesday, December 27, 2017

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - One man has been killed and another was seriously injured in a crash in western Mississippi.

WAPT-TV reports that Vicksburg Police say a white truck was pulling a large utility trailer on Highway 61 around 11 a.m. Tuesday. Police say the driver ran off the road and crashed into a ravine.

Police say 19-year-old Landon Overstreet was killed in the crash. The 19-year-old Christopher Fortenberry was a passenger of the vehicle and taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.



Police are continuing to investigate the wreck.

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