The Mississippi Highway Patrol has developed a description of the vehicle believed to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Lowndes County Saturday.
On the MHP Starkville Twitter account, the vehicle is described as a Chevy Silverado (year model 1993-2003) or a Chevy Tahoe (1999-2006) with damage to the front right part of the vehicle.
Dewilliam Zerrell Binion, 18, was killed after a vehicle hit him on Highway 373, north of Noblin Road, at about 8:14 p.m., according to a Mississippi Highway Patrol press release.
Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant said it appears Binion was walking toward Columbus Air Force Base and was struck from behind. He added Binion was a resident of the area where he was walking.
Binion was pronounced dead after he was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call MHP Starkville at (662) 323-5314.
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