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Man hit multiple times on I-55 in fatal hit-and-run

Harold Gater, and Sarah Fowler
The Clarion-Ledger
Traffic will be diverted on I-55 Friday night until early Saturday morning

Jackson police closed all northbound lanes of Interstate 55 Thursday morning as they worked the scene of a fatal hit-and-run at the Adkins Blvd. interchange.

According to JPD Commander Tyree Jones, 911 received a call at 5:46 a.m. regarding a pedestrian being hit "multiple times" and found on I55, north of the Beasley exit.

Jones said the name of the victim has not yet been released but the victim was a white male.

Northbound commuters were being diverted to Frontage Road as JPD investigators continued working the scene.

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