MHP investigates fatal Pontotoc County crash

PONTOTOC, Miss. (WTVA) — The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) continues to investigate a fatal crash in Pontotoc County.

MHP Sgt. Daniel Tucker identified the victim as Brandon Sprinkle, 42, of Pontotoc.

The crash happened Wednesday evening on Highway 278.

Sprinkle’s pickup truck left the road and struck a ditch, and he died at the scene of the crash, according to MHP.