Crash with log truck kills Lucedale man near George County highway collapse, MHP says
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A Lucedale man has been identified as the man who died Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash involving a logging truck on Highway 26 in George County.
Cody Allen Rogers, 21, was driving a GMC pickup truck when it crashed head-on into the logging truck just west of where a portion of the highway collapsed in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
George County Deputy Coroner Brennan Ferguson said Rogers died at the scene.
The logging truck, driven by Tony Allen, 54, of Lucedale, jackknifed after impact, ran off the road and hit some trees. No injuries were reported to the driver.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is heading up the investigation with assistance from the George County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Keith Havard said.
All lanes of the highway were closed while the crash scene was cleared, according to MHP Trooper Calvin Robertson.
The crash happened near Joe Fortner Road just outside the Stone County line in George County.
The crash is one of several MHP troopers investigated Thursday in South Mississippi.
No other fatalities have been reported.
This story was originally published September 30, 2021 at 1:49 PM.
