Fatal Hit and Run Crash in Pontotoc County

PONTOTOC COUNTY, Miss. – (WCBI) A Pontotoc County driver is dead, after a hit and run crash Tuesday afternoon.

Trooper Ray Hall with the Mississippi Highway Patrol says it happened around 4:30 p.m. on U.S. Highway 278 and Highway 345 in Pontotoc County.

Lequintray D. Williams, 21, was ejected from his eastbound 1999 GMC Denali after being hit by a southbound black Dodge pick-up. Williams’ SUV overturned as a result of the crash. The truck fled the scene.

Hall said the Dodge should have damage to the right front side.

Williams, of Pontotoc, died at a local hospital.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Mississippi Highway Patrol at (662) 534-8650 or *HP (47).

Troopers continue to investigate the crash.

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