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LAUDERDALE COUNTY-The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports a traffic fatality that occurred in the early morning of Saturday, August 5:
“A single-vehicle crash at 1:30 a.m. today, Aug. 5, has claimed one life.
The unidentified driver was killed when the GMC pickup they were driving left the roadway, struck a tree and caught fire.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and was transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for positive identification.
The crash occurred on Lauderdale County 85, ten miles north of Florence.
Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate.”
Senior Trooper Johnathan Appling
Public Information/Education Unit
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency