LAUDERDALE COUNTY-ALEA reports a traffic death from a single-vehicle crash that occurred on Sunday, August 13:
“A single-vehicle crash at 10:40 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, has claimed the life of a Leoma, Tn., man. Jonathan Wade Gooch, 28, was killed when the 1977 GMC pickup he was driving struck several concrete barriers and then a guard rail. Gooch, who was not using a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
The vehicle’s passenger, Megan Danielle Wheat, 21, of Leoma, Tn., was airlifted to Huntsville Hospital.
The crash occurred on U.S. 72 near the 51 mile marker, one mile west of Elgin.
Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate.”
Senior Trooper Johnathan Appling
Public Information/Education Unit
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
