STARKVILLE — Two people have died after a fatal car wreck in Starkville Thursday night.
Bonifacio Perez Pantoja, 38, of Columbus, and Tabitha Leann Snyder, 24, of Canton, Georgia, were both pronounced dead after a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 25 inside Starkville city limits, Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt said.
The victims were driving two separate cars when the incident occurred. Perez was traveling northbound in the southbound lane when the two vehicles struck each other, Hunt said.
One person was in the vehicle with Perez and was taken to OCH Regional Medical Center with no life-threatening injuries.
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