At right, the driver of the white Chevrolet pickup truck in the foreground talks on the phone after being involved in a three-vehicle crash at about 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 7.
A Performance Food Service semi rig and a Hyundai Accent also were involved.
The crash occurred on Highway 32 about one mile east of Spring Hill Road.
The pickup driver said all three vehicles were traveling west. From his perspective, he said the big truck passed his pickup and the Accent passed both him and the semi. He said the Hyundai possibly clipped the front bumper of the 18-wheeler as the car pulled back into the westbound lane of traffic.
A chain reaction landed his truck in a ditch on the south side of the highway and the car in a residential front yard on the north side. The semi did not leave the roadway.
An ambulance was dispatched to the scene, and at least one minor injury was reported.
The official cause of the crash is pending completion of an investigation by the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
(Photo by Clay McFerrin)
