STARKVILLE — Authorities say a pedestrian struck by an 18-wheeler in Oktibbeha County has died.
Mississippi Highway Patrol tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal 71-year-old Willie McKinney of Vardaman was standing in the roadway on Highway 25 south of Starkville late Monday night when he was hit by a 2007 Peterbilt driven by 52-year-old Lonnie Thompson, of Corinth.
Troopers say McKinney was pronounced dead at the scene. Thompson was not injured.
The accident remains under investigation.
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