Two teenagers were killed in a hit-and-run in Pearl River County last weekend according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol and Mississippi Bureau of Investigations.
MHP troopers responded to the crash on Highway 43 near Burnt Bridge Road. According to MHP a 2014 GMC Terrain was traveling south when the GMC crashed into three juveniles who were walking in the southbound lane of Highway 43. Two of the juveniles, 13-year-old Gavin Bennett and 17-year-old Brandon Heidel, were pronounced dead on scene. The other pedestrian, 16-year-old Brycen Bennett, was transported to Highland Community Hospital with minor injuries, according to MHP. Troopers say the driver of the vehicle left the scene for over an hour.
The driver, 18-year-old Jarron Petties, returned to the scene and was taken into custody and charged with two counts of felony accident leaving the scene with injury and death, according to MHP.
