Police chase in Byhalia ends in fiery wreck and the death of two people

This story has been updated as initially Marshall County Coronor gave an incorrect age for one of the victims.

BYHALIA, MS (TVMO) - At approximately 8:20 p.m. last night a police chase in Byhalia ended in a fiery wreck, which has left two people dead.

Information is still sketchy as to how the police chase ended with two fatalities, but sources have confirmed that Byhalia Police Department were pursuing one of the vehicles involved in the motor vehicle accident on Dockery and St. Paul Rd., in Byhalia.

Marshall County Sheriffs Office and Mississippi Highway Patrol were not involved in the incident, however, it is believed that MCSO have taken over the investigation into how the vehicle pursuit ended with the death of two people.

Marshall County Coroner has named the two deceased as 30-year-old Jaqua Blueitt from Byhalia and 63-year-old Michael Crutcher from Tennessee. Both Blueitt and Crutcher were in two separate vehicles, and the Marshall County Coronor has confirmed that Crutcher was in the backseat of the vehicle he was traveling in.

Blueitt has been identified as the driver of the vehicle involved in the police chase and his body has been sent to Pearl Mississippi for autopsy.

This is a developing story and as more information becomes available we will update this article.