MHP Investigating Fatal Union Co. Wreck

UNION COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Mississippi state troopers are investigating a wreck that killed a New Albany man Saturday night.

Troopers say it happened around 6:30 p.m. 25-year-old Colby Pannell was driving west on MS 30, when he ran off of the right side of the road, hit a vehicle sitting at the intersection of CR 150/MS 30E, and flipped over several times.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol says Pannell wasn’t wearing his seatbelt, and was thrown out of his Chevrolet pickup truck. He died at the scene.

The passengers in the other vehicle were not injured.