MSU freshman killed in car accident in Jackson Mississippi
A Lucedale, Miss., man has been charged with aggravated DUI in connection with an accident in which a Mississippi State University student was killed.Starkville police say 18-year-old Sawyer Tomas Steede is free on $50,000 bond after his arrest. He is scheduled to appear in the Starkville Municipal Court on Oct. 21.Police say the one-vehicle accident occurred about 2 p.m. along Mississippi Highway 12 near the MSU campus.Police say 18-year-old Kaleb Dwayne Barker, also of Lucedale, was seriously injured and later died at a Jackson hospital. Barker was a freshman kinesiology major.Police say Barker was riding in the bed of the pickup driven by Steede.Police say another passenger was treated for minor injuries and released from a local hospital.The accident is still under investigation.