Name not reported
A person being transported in a prisoner van died on February 18, 2026, when the van collided with a truck on Interstate 10 near Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and caught fire, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the transport company. The person's name had not been released at the time of the report. An officer riding in the van also died, and another officer and a second person in the van were hospitalized in critical condition. The crash is described as an accident, and the cause is what the highway patrol and transport company have reported so far.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. The Mississippi Highway Patrol and the transport company attribute the death to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 near Ocean Springs, in which the van caught fire.
Reported by: Mississippi Highway Patrol (outside investigators); the transport company.