WARREN COUNTY, Miss. — A log truck driver died in a crash on Highway 3 around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday.
According to County Coroner Doug Huskey, 55-year-old Karl Hager Jr. was driving the truck when it ran off the road, rolled over, and came to rest in a ditch. Emergency crews took more than an hour to extricate Hager from the wreckage.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating the incident. No additional injuries were reported, and the status of lane closures during the response was not immediately available.