BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man is charged with three counts of DUI manslaughter after a crash that killed a woman and two children.
Kyle Dixon, 54, of Jackson, was driving in the wrong direction on Mississippi Highway 25 in Rankin County when the crash happened at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Highway Patrol Sgt. Kervin Stewart.
WAPT-TV reported five people were in the vehicle that Dixon hit, and all five were wearing seatbelts. Two were hospitalized.
Those killed were 32-year-old Tamaria Shumake, 8-year-old Ambrosia Isaac and 5-year-old Zylan Shumake. All three were from Carthage, and they were members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
Stewart said Dixon was not wearing a seatbelt and was taken to a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening. Dixon was later taken to the Rankin County Jail, and he remained there Friday. An employee who answered the phone at the jail said the docket did not show whether Dixon is represented by an attorney.
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