CLINTON, MS : A car crash on North Frontage Road near the Natchez Trace in Clinton on May, Wednesday, 17th 2017

Early Wednesday morning, MHP responded to a car crash on North Frontage Road near the Natchez Trace in Clinton.

The coroner has identified the victims 21-year-old Jonathan Thomas and 19-year-old Skylar Liddell. Jackson State University says the two were enrolled at the university.

Thomas played basketball for the 2014-2015, and the 2015-2016 season. He is also the son of Provine High School Principal Laketia Marshall-Thomas.

According to Clinton Police Chief Hayman, officers spotted the dark colored Honda at a Shell Station on Springridge Road at 3 a.m. As officers approached the car, they say it took off at a high rate of speed.

MHP was requested by the Clinton Police Department to investigate the accident.They tried to follow it, but lost sight of it. A few moments later they saw flames at the scene of the crash, where the car had slammed into a tree. The driver and passenger were killed on scene.

Source :
Two JSU students killed in early morning crash near the Natchez Trace