Two killed in Lowndes County car crash

LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A weekend car crash in Lowndes County leaves two young men dead.

According to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to an automated notification of a vehicle accident in the 400 block of Black Creek Road around 4:24 Sunday morning..

When they got there, they found a silver Lincoln Town Car had run off the road, hit a tree, and sustained heavy damage.

They also found two men unresponsive in the car.

Neither was breathing.

District Two Volunteer Firefighters and a Baptist Golden Triangle ambulance crew responded.

It was determined that both men were dead.

Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant has identified the victims as 19-year-old Sir Ellihue Blackwell, who was the driver of the car, and 20-year-old Aiden B. Taylor.

Preliminary findings point to massive head and chest trauma as likely cause of death.

The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the crash.