4 people killed in crash in southern Mississippi
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Four people — including three teenagers from the same family — have died in a one-vehicle accident in southern Mississippi.
Marion County Sheriff Berkley Hall says three victims died at the scene and the fourth died at a Hattiesburg hospital.
Hall says 14-year-old Dustin Young suffered burns and later died at the hospital. He identified the other victims as 16-year-old Cody Young, 17-year-old Brittany Young and 22-year-old Matthew Case. The Youngs were from Marion County, while Case was from Louisiana.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Brittany Young's mother told Hall that her daughter also was pregnant.
Hall says the accident occurred about 6 p.m. Monday on a county road near the New Hope community. He says the vehicle ran off the road, hit a tree stump, exploded and burned.
The accident is under investigation.