TheMirror – Six people – including two children and a teenager – have died in a wrong-way highway crash in Mississippi.
A pickup truck traveling in the wrong direction on Interstate 55 in Jackson collided with a car early Friday shortly before 3am. The Chevy Silverado was heading south in the northbound lane before hitting a Hyundai Sonata traveling in the right direction, Jackson police said.
The driver of the pickup truck, the driver of the car and four passengers in the car were killed, including two children and a teenager, whose ages have not been released.Â
It comes after parents who allegedly ran a party house where their daughter and her friends drank alcohol have been charged in the deadly crash that killed an 18-year-old girl.
An investigation has been launched into the deadly crash as a spokesperson for Jackson police said: “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims of this tragic event.”
It comes after parents who allegedly ran a party house where their daughter and her friends drank alcohol have been charged in the deadly crash that killed an 18-year-old girl.
Sophia Lekiachvili, 18, was critically injured in the crash in Atlanta, Georgia, and died hours later from her injuries at Grady Memorial Hospital. Authorities were called just after midnight on Oak Grove Road – with 18-year-old Hannah Hackemeyer, being arrested shortly after and charged with failure to maintain lane, reckless driving, driving under the influence under age 21, and vehicular homicide in the first degree.
District Attorney Sherry Boston also announced the grand jury indicted the parents of another passenger in the vehicle, Ananya Rao. Sumanth and Anindita Rao are accused of allowing the teens to consume alcohol at their home before allowing them to go on a late night drive.
Police say the parents witnessed the girls, Lekiachvili, Hackemeyer, and Rao, drinking wine – before they told the adults they were going on a drive at around 11:45pm – allegedly leaving the house while drinking a bottle of wine.
Boston said the Raos’ home was a “party house,” alleging they regularly allowed underage drinking. The parents face charges of involuntary manslaughter, reckless conduct, and maintaining a disorderly house.
