JACKSON COUNTY, MS. (THECOUNT) — Jason Clark, of Pascagoula, Mississippi, has been identified as the victim in a Monday night double-fatal wrong-way crash in Jackson County.

Clark, 25, was killed along with the wrong-way driver, identified as 56-year-old Curtis Price, of Pascagoula.

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According to reports, Price was operating a Buick passenger vehicle the wrong-way on Highway 63 near Lucedale, when the vehicle came into contact with a Ford F-150 pickup truck, operated by Clark around 9:30 p.m. Monday.

Both men were pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 139,668, making it the fifth-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Pascagoula – Wikipedia.