Five people were killed after a car hit a bridge and fell into a creek in Batesville.
Officials from the Panola County Sheriff’s Office reported six people — ranging in ages from 12 to 19 years-old — were traveling on Curtis Road in Batesville on Tuesday, March 21, when the vehicle ran off the road and hit a bridge.
The car hit the bridge over McIvor Creek and ran into the water, investigators said. Recent rains had filled the creek and the water was high enough cover the vehicle.
Five of the six people in the car did not survive the wreck. The victims’ ages were 12, 13, 14, 15 and 19. A 14-year-old girl survived the wreck, according to police. Everyone in the car was related.
The cause of the wreck is under investigation.
