UPDATE: Coroner identifies man killed in Columbus Crash
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – New details have been released about a car crash that killed a Columbus man.
Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant tells WCBI that 33-year-old Lafarris Shaquille Barker was killed when the Jeep Grand Cherokee he was driving ran off of Bluecutt Road east of Leigh Drive, hit a driveway, and flipped several times.
Barker was ejected from the Jeep.
A BMH ambulance crew discovered the accident site and notified 9-1-1.
Barker died at the scene.
The Columbus Police Department is investigating the crash.