Oxford, MS : volleyball player Ty Laporte killed in two-car crash Benton County Highway 7 on Thursday February 11 2016
University of Mississippi volleyball player Ty Laporte has been killed in a two-car crash a few miles south of the Tennessee state line.
Mississippi Highway Patrol Master Sgt. Ray Hall said Friday that the 23-year-old Laporte died Thursday night in Benton County, Mississippi, about 50 miles north of Oxford.
Hall said it appears Laporte pulled into the path of an 18-wheeler driven by Rickey Kirkpatrick, 63, of Rainsville, Alabama. The wreck happened at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 7 and U.S. Highway 72, and it remains under investigation. Hall says no charges were filed.
Laporte was from Irmo, South Carolina.
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Ole Miss volleyball player Laporte killed in car crash