2 drivers die, a third injured after wrong-way crash on Interstate 10 near Long Beach
Two people died in what appears to be a wrong-way, head-on collision early Sunday morning on Interstate 10 near Long Beach.
State Troopers said it appeared that a 2018 Chevrolet car driven by Michael Orourke, 42, of Slidell was traveling east in the westbound lane at 1:06 a.m. near mile marker 31.
The car collided head-on with a 2012 Honda car driven by 28-year-old Madison Conway of Long Beach, California, that was traveling west in the westbound lane.
The 2018 Chevrolet Malibu then hit a third vehicle also traveling west, according to Mississippi Highway Patrol.
Orourke and Conway were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the third vehicle, a Gulfport resident, sustained moderate injuries.
The accident is under investigation by MHP.
This story was originally published January 11, 2021 at 12:26 PM.
