Alcorn County, MS : Iuka man charged in two-vehicle crash on Saturday March 5 2016

As police continue searching for a driver that they believe caused a crash early Sunday morning that killed three people, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office identified the two men and a woman from Nassau County who died when their car hit a tree and burst into flames.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office identified the victims Monday as John "Curtis" Carlisle Jr., 24, of Yulee, Jonathan "Kyle" Cassani, 23, of Yulee, and Allison Bushley, 21, of Fernandina Beach.Traffic homicide detectives said a BMW was traveling west on Duval Station Road, just off North Main Street, about 2 a.m., when it was hit by a newer-model silver car, whose driver left the scene.
Two of the three victims were thrown from the car, and the third was pulled from the vehicle. All three died at the scene.
Devastated family members said the three were heading home from attending a UFC fight when their car was hit and sent off the road and into the tree.
Kyle Cassani's girlfriend is caring for his 7-month-old daughter. as she holds their 7-month-old daughter, who now doesn't have a father.
"Kyle" Cassani, Allison Bushley, and her boyfriend, "Curtis" Carlisle were killed early Sunday morning."I will make sure she knows who he is. ... He was just an amazing father," Katelynn Boucher said. "He worked a day job and went to school at night for us. He left at 5 in the morning and did not get home until 12. He was trying so hard, and he came a long way."
Cassani was with his best friend, Carlisle, a father of two, and Carlisle's girlfriend, Bushey.
The family hopes whoever knows what happened or whoever was involved has a heart and comes forward.
"I think if we knew what was going on, we knew what happened to him, it would be a lot better," said Lillian Pope, a family friend.
Detectives are asking for information about that other driver, hoping tips that could bring three families some answers.
News4Jax crime analyst Gil Smith said the driver could be hiding the vehicle, or trying to get it fixed.
An Iuka man has been charged in a two-vehicle crash in Alcorn County.
Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers responded to US 72 near Strickland Bridge around 4 a.m. Saturday. The initial investigation showed that Zachary Crum, 28, of Iuka, was driving west in a 2003 GMC Sierra. The pickup appeared to rear end Eva Austin, who was also traveling west on the highway. The impact caused Austin, 72, of Rienzi, to lose control of her car, which ran off the road and flipped several times.
Austin and her passenger, Alice Thrasher, 74, of Corinth, were both taken to Magnolia Regional Medical Center in Corinth and later transferred to North Mississippi Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. According to authorities, both women had to be extricated from their vehicle.

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UPDATE: Iuka man charged in Alcorn County crash