One dead, one severely injured in Highway 7/9 wreck

Published 9:00 am Wednesday, August 21, 2024

A Sardis man was killed Tuesday when the truck he was a passenger in rolled over.

According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, at about 3:22 p.m. troopers responded to a crash on Highway 7 near the Highway 7/9 roundabout.

A 2006 Volvo truck carrying logs was traveling north on Highway 9 West when it left the road and rolled over, for unknown reasons.

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The driver, Jerdarvis D. Gipson, 31, of Oxford was not injured.

However, a passenger, Jeremy M. McNeal, 28, of Sardis, was killed and pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner’s office.

According to his social media sites, McNeal went to North Panola High School. He was from Como and lived in Sardis.

Another passenger, Shuntez J. Smith, 31, of Hernando was severely injured from the crash and transported to a local hospital.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation with MHP.