HINDS COUNTY – A Pearl man was killed early Tuesday after being struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 20 in Hinds County, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
Troopers responded around 1:40 a.m. Sept. 23 to Interstate 20 East near the 26-mile marker.
MHP said a 2024 Volvo tractor-trailer driven by Gerald Wirth Jr., 54, of Haughton, Louisiana, was traveling east when it struck 54-year-old Jimmy Anthony of Pearl, who was a pedestrian in the roadway.
Anthony suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Hinds County Coroner’s Office.
Wirth was not injured.
The circumstances surrounding why Anthony was in the roadway were not included in the release.
The crash remains under investigation by the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
