On Friday, September 13, at around 7:52 p.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a deadly crash on Highway 568.
A 2010 Toyota Tacoma, driven by 17-year-old Mason Prima of Baton Rouge, LA, veered off the road and collided with a tree.
Prima was airlifted to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, where he was pronounced dead.
The crash remains under investigation by the Mississippi Highway Patrol.