Saturday-morning wreck kills woman in Pearl River County

A Jackson woman died in a one-vehicle wreck Saturday morning after she lost control of the truck she was driving, an official said.

Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Chase Elkins said Cathleen A. White, 32, of Jackson, was driving a 1994 Freightliner when she lost control and drove off the right side of Mississippi 53, near Juniper Grove Road in Pearl River County. The truck then burst into flames, he said.

White died in the crash.

The wreck occurred about 6:50 a.m., Elkins said.

This story was originally published May 20, 2017 at 6:43 PM with the headline "Saturday-morning wreck kills woman in Pearl River County."