3 deceased identified after two-vehicle collision Saturday on US-84

JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Three people have been identified after a fatal two-vehicle collision that was reported on U.S. Highway 84 on Saturday.

Jones County Deputy Coroner Don Sumrall identified the deceased as 19-year-old Joel Scott from Jones County and 17-year-old Autumn Letson from Wayne County, who were both riding in a Range Rover SUV, and 21-year-old Jose Carlos Osorio Romero from Laurel, in a pickup truck. All three people were pronounced dead at the scene.

Jones County Fire Council Public Information Officer Dana Bumgardner said Glade, Powers, M & M, Sandersville and Rustin volunteer fire departments responded to the collision on U.S.-84 East at Bogue Homa near Magnolia Road.

Firefighters found both vehicles fully engulfed in flames and immediately began working to extinguish the fire.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash around 6:30 p.m.

MHP said the 2019 Range Rover, driven by Scott, and his passenger, Letson, was traveling east on U.S.-84 when it collided with the 2006 Ford F-150, driven by Jose Osorio, that was traveling west on Highway U.S.-84.

The Jones County Sheriff’s Department, EMServ Ambulance Service and the Mississippi Department of Transportation were also on the scene.

This crash remains under investigation by MHP.