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A Sunday afternoon accident involving an all-terrain vehicle and an SUV killed a 93-year-old man from Ripley, Mississippi. Leroy Derrick, a retired constable, was trying to cross Highway 4 near County Road 548 on his ATV when he drove into the path of the SUV. The accident happened around 2:40 p.m. on Sunday. Officials say Derrick died on the scene. The driver of the SUV was not hurt.