A man is dead following a car accident in DeSoto County. According to the Desoto County Sheriff’s Department, a tow truck driver identified as Tommy R. McKee was loading a car onto his wrecker when another motorist identified as Devan E. Simpson hit and killed him in the northbound lanes of I-55 near the the East Commerce Street exit.
Simpson was issued a citation for failure to move over.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident. All of the northbound lanes were closed due to the accident.