BROOKHAVEN (AP) — The Mississippi Highway Patrol says four people died and six others were injured in a traffic accident in Brookhaven.

The highway patrol says the accident shortly before 11 p.m. Friday and involved a Chevrolet pickup driven by a 40-year-old Brookhaven man. The pickup was heading east on U.S. 84 when it crashed into a Dodge Stratus, driven by a 17-year-old who was attempting to cross the highway.

Four passengers in the Stratus were pronounced dead at the scene: 19-year-old Nicholas King of Brookhaven, 17-year-old Kylee McCord of Bogue Chitto, 21-year-old Curtis Gunnel of Bogue Chitto, and 16-year-old Faith White of Brookhaven

Six others were reported hurt — two of them with injuries described as life-threatening.

Dustin Hall, 17, the driver of the Stratus, was transported to the University of Mississippi Medical Center with life threatening injuries. A woman identified as 23-year-old Aireona Allison of Boque Chitto was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

Ricky Williams, 22, of Brookhaven, was hospitalized with moderate injuries, and Linza Black,18, of Brookhaven, was transported to a hospital with complaints of pain.

Pickup driver Donald Dickerson suffered moderate injuries, as did his passenger, Shawn Williams, 23, of Wesson.

A highway patrol investigation of the accident was underway Saturday.