JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX/Gray News) - Two teen girls were found dead Sunday in a crash along a highway in Mississippi after a Homecoming dance at their high school.
The Jackson County Coroner said the two girls were identified as 16-year-old Baleigh Bowlin and 16–year-old Chloe Taylor. The girls attended East Central High School in Jackson County.
WLOX reports the families of the girls had posted that they were missing Sunday morning after the dance on Saturday night.
Authorities said the teens were involved in a single-car crash at the intersection of Highway 613 and Lum Reeves Road.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to the scene around 5:30 p.m. Sunday where they found a 2012 Nissan Altima with Taylor in the driver’s seat and Bowlin as a passenger.
Officials determined the car left the road and crashed into an embankment and a tree.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.