By Lance Martin

RICH SQUARE — A 10-year-old boy died in a crash on Highway 305 near Rich Square Saturday night and three other people in the vehicle are in critical condition, according to the state Highway Patrol.

Caziah Phillips was a left rear passenger in the 1999 Toyota driven by 30-year-old Catisha Phillips shortly before 9 p.m. Caziah was not wearing a seat belt when a 1995 Ford driven by Krista Whitaker, 26, of Rich Square, struck the vehicle driven by Catisha Phillips head-on.

Caziah died from injuries sustained in the impact. Catisha Phillips, of Jackson; Antwain Dickens, 20; and Cyree William-Lensey, 19, were critically injured in the crash.

Whitaker was traveling with a 4-year-old boy who was also injured.

There was no immediate indication alcohol was involved and charges by Trooper N.T. Hanline, who investigated the crash, are pending.

Lance Martin is Publisher and Editor of www.rrspin.com.