After hit-and-run death, Coast driver returned to the scene. Now he faces charges.

William C. Buckhalter, 37, of Lucedale, has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing death after the body of a 58-year-old male was found on the roadside in George County.

Buckhalter has been released from jail on a $10,000 bond.

The deceased male has not been identified pending notification of relatives, the coroner’s office said.

The George County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatality.

Deputies and ASAP EMS ambulance service were responding to a 911 call when they found the 58-year-old man’s body on Old Highway 63 South just south of Scott Road at the Lucedale city limits.

Buckhalter returned to the scene while investigators were still there and turned himself in, a news release from the sheriff’s office says.

Sheriff Keith Havard said the Lucedale Police Department and Twin Creek Volunteer Fire Department assisted at the scene.

The sheriff asked that anyone with information about the fatality contact his office at 601-947-4811.

Anonymous tips can be reported to Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers at 877-787-5898 or on the website.