An Ackerman man has died after a car crash on Highway 12 and Smith Road in Oktibbeha County Monday morning.
Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt identified the victim as Robert Andrew Vick, 52.
Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to the crash at 6:24 a.m., according to an MHP press release issued Monday. Public Information Officer Sgt. Derrick M. Beckom said Vick was heading eastbound in a Toyota Tacoma when he drove off the right side of the highway and overturned. He was unrestrained when authorities found him.
Beckom said the incident remains under investigation.
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