GEORGE CO., Miss. (WLOX) - On Thursday, the Mississippi Highway Patrol released the identity of a man killed in a wreck on Highway 57 in George County on Wednesday.

MHP officials state the wreck took place around 5 p.m. A 2002 Ford Explorer driven by 39-year-old Charles Burkley of Florence was traveling south when the driver of another vehicle heading north tried to turn left onto Frank Cochran Loop.

The two vehicles collided, and Burkley received deadly injuries. The driver of the other vehicle was not injured.

The crash remains under investigation by MHP.

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