A Starkville man died in a one-vehicle accident Wednesday after the tire of the dump truck he was driving blew out.
Terrance Ware, 46, was driving an Oktibbeha County truck with a trailer on Highway 82 when the truck’s right front tire burst, causing the truck to veer off the road and overturn, according to a media release from Master Sgt. Criss Turnipseed with the Mississippi Highway Patrol. The accident occurred about 8:15 a.m. west of the Macon-Meridian exit on Highway 82.
Turnipseed said authorities do not know whether the accident was the result of a problem with the tire or something on the road.
An ambulance transported Ware to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle where he died around 9:30 a.m. due to head injuries he sustained in the crash.
The MHP is investigating the accident.
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