Two Killed in Itawamba Co. Wreck

ITAWAMBA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) — Itawamba County deputies are investigating a wreck that killed two people, and sent a teenager to the hospital.

Sheriff Chris Dickinson tells WCBI it happened around 4:30 p.m. on John Rankin Highway.

He says the car apparently overcorrected, and hit a tree.

Four people were inside of the car.

At least two of them were thrown from the vehicle. Two men were killed.

A teenage girl was airlifted to a Tupelo hospital in critical condition, and will be transferred to a Memphis hospital.

The other passenger wasn’t hurt.