Pedestrian killed in I-20 crash, MHP investigating

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – One person is dead after a crash on Interstate 20 early Wednesday morning.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to reports of the crash on I-20 East near the 26-mile marker in Hinds County at approximately 1:40 a.m. Sept. 23.

According to officials, 54-year-old Gerald Wirth Jr. of Haughton, Louisiana, was driving a 2024 Volvo tractor-trailer when the vehicle collided with 54-year-old Jimmy Anthony of Pearl, Mississippi, a pedestrian in the roadway…

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