Updated 12/16/19

Two people are dead and three hospitalized after a Sunday night head-on collision in Tremont, Mississippi.

Thomas Alsup, 35, of Minor Hill, and Darryl Strickland, 58, of Killen, Alabama, were killed when their vehicles collided on Highway 23, near Gann Road, at approximately 5:30 p.m. Sunday night.

Itawamba County law enforcement officials say the impact trapped both drivers in their vehicles

According to Itawamba County Coroner Shelia Summerford, Strickland died at the scene and Alsup was transported to the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, where he died.

Alsup’s wife, Angela, and two children were also in the vehicle.

Angela is currently hospitalized in Tupelo and the two children are hospitalized at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis in the intensive care.

The wreck is under investigation by the Mississippi Highway Patrol.

Alsup was Supervisor of the Pulaski Water Department.

An account has been setup at First National Bank in Pulaski to help the family.