Victim in fatal single-vehicle crash identified by Harrison County coroner
A Saucier man died in a single-vehicle crash Friday on Saucier Lizana Road, Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer said.
He identified the man as Samuel Hilton, 76, of Saucier.
The crash happened about 2 p.m. Friday after the driver apparently lost control of his pickup truck, ran off the road and crashed into a tree, Switzer said.
Switzer pronounced the man dead at the scene and listed the cause of death as blunt force trauma.
The crash happened about a mile away from the man’s home.
The crash site on Saucier Lizana Road is about a mile north of Herman Ladner Road.
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department is investigating.
This story was originally published November 12, 2021 at 4:54 PM.
Margaret Baker
Sun Herald