A Starkville man died in a single vehicle wreck after his car left the roadway at the intersection of Highway 12 and Avenue of Patriots Tuesday evening, according to the Starkville Police Department.
Lemarvis Hendrix, 31, was transported to OCH Regional Medical Center but resuscitation attempts failed. Police are investigating the crash, said Cpl. Brandon Lovelady, SPD public information officer.
"I will be discussing it with the accident investigator after the staff meeting this morning," he said.
After SPD posted about the incident, multiple residents and family members commented and shared the department's post.
Witnesses of the crash who commented on the Facebook post said Hendrix's truck struck the tree line near the intersection of Highway 12 and Avenue of Patriots, and that Hendrix was headed west on Highway 12 when he went off the road.