Shelby County Sheriff's Office Traffic Investigators believe speed was a possible cause of a one-vehicle traffic crash early this morning in Cordova.

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Deputies say about 2:30, Barry Wayne Cook, Jr., 30, of Memphis, was driving a 2001 Chevrolet pick up truck south on Appling Road.

As the vehicle passed Dexter, the truck veered off the road and hit a utility pole.  It then continued several hundred feet and hit a second utility pole.  

Cook, who was alone in the truck, was ejected from the vehicle. He was dead at the scene.  Deputies say he was not wearing a seatbelt.

It has not been determined whether alcohol was a factor in the deadly crash.  The Shelby County Medical Examiner’s Office is investigating.