SHELBY COUNTY, MO. (THECOUNT) — Omar Hooper, of Collierville, Tennessee, has been identified as the victim in a Tuesday morning fatal vehicle crash in Shelby County.
Hooper, 22, was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Memphis early Tuesday.
According to reports, Hooper was operating a vehicle near N 2nd St and Whitney Ave in the Frayser community of Memphis, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 1 a.m. Tuesday. The vehicle then made contact with a substantial tree and rolled over.
Hooper was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Shelby County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 927,644. It is the state’s largest county both in terms of population and geographic area. Its county seat is Memphis, a port on the Mississippi River and the second most populous city in Tennessee – Wikipedia.
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