From Tribune staff reports
MARION COUNTY–A single-vehicle crash Tuesday night along I-22 left one dead and one injured, according to ALEA Corporal Reginal King.
At approximately 10:47 p.m., a 2023 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by Perry D. Kpadoe, 37, of Lawrenceville, Ga. left the roadway and struck a tree about six miles west of Hamilton.
Kpadoe was pronounced dead at the scene.
61-year-old passenger Devon Lewis of St. Lucie, Fla. was injured and airlifted to North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Miss. for treatment.
Troopers with ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division will continue to investigate.