COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. – Jarious Holloway, a 16-year-old football standout at Copiah Academy, has died after a fatal crash this morning on Rutledge Road.
The accident occurred just before 8 a.m. while Holloway was on his way to school.
According to Derrick Cubit, Chief Deputy with Copiah County Sheriff’s Department, Holloway crashed into a tree.
Grief counselors have been sent to Copiah Academy.
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