Mississippi Highway Patrol releases report on Abbeville accident that claimed life of Houston man
Published 2:23 pm Friday, October 12, 2018
The Mississippi Highway Patrol has released more information about an accident on Oct. 9 near Abbeville.
The four-vehicle accident took the life of Triston Luevano, 49, of Houston, Texas.
According to MHP, at approximately 6:40 a.m. a car driven by Kristopher Griste, 22, of Oxford, struck the side of a southbound freight liner driven by Aubrey Canon of Whiteville, Tenn.
Griste’s car, which was traveling north on Highway 7 at the time of the incident, then struck Luevano’s car.
A fourth car, driven by Carlos Gomez-Morales, later collided with the other cars involved in the accident.
Griste and Gomez-Morales were transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi for treatment.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation by MHP.