On Monday, February 19, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Highway 53 in Pearl River County.
A 2019 Ford F-150 driven by 64-year-old Jeffery Williams of Carriere, MS, was traveling north on Highway 53 when the vehicle left the roadway and collided with a tree.
Jeffery Williams was killed in the crash and pronounced dead on the scene.
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the Mississippi Highway Patrol.