UPDATE: 2 People dead after a collision in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) -Two people are dead after a two-car collision in Lowndes County this morning.
Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant tells WCBI that around 11:00 am a car traveling west on Highway 12 near Harris Road collided with an eastbound car.
16-year-old Braylan Dale, a passenger in the westbound car, died at the scene.
Dale was a Freshman at Columbus High School.
The driver of the eastbound car, 32-year-old Breman Shea Woolbright, was taken to Baptist Golden Triangle, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
The accident is still under investigation.