Marshall county , MS : Two high school girls at Briarcrest Christian School died after car Crash on Sunday morning ,May 31st 2015

Two high school girls at Briarcrest Christian School died Sunday morning in a car crash.

Rachel Lynch and Maddie Kruse, both 17 years old, were rising seniors at the Memphis school. Two other girls in the car, Kara Holden and Caroline Kam, were injured in the accident, but are expected to recover.

The crash happened in Marshall County, Mississippi, on Highway 78 near the DeSoto County line around 6 a.m. A total of five people were in the car, the four students and an unidentified person.

According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, 32-year-old Melandus Penson, the driver of the other vehicle involved, is charged with two counts of DUI death and two counts of DUI injury. He is being held at the Marshall County Jail.

On Sunday morning at around 6:30, Marshall County sheriff officials say Penson was driving down route 78 when he clipped the back of a vehicle and sent them off the road.

David Cook with the Marshall County Sheriff's Office confirms that Penson has been arrested three other times recently. At least one of those arrests was for DUI.


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2 Briarcrest students killed in car crash, driver responsible charged with DUI