HUNTSVILLE-The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports a two-vehicle accident near Huntsville that has taken the life one one person and sent two other people including a 4-month-old baby to hospital with injuries:
“A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 12:20 p.m. Friday, April 4, has claimed the life of a Huntsville man.
Michael L. Laforest, 37, was critically injured when the 2014 Ford Edge he was driving collided head-on with the 2010 Honda Odyssey driven by Caitlin H. Hale, 29, of Hazel Green. Laforest was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was transported to Huntsville Hospital, where he succumbed to injuries and was pronounced deceased.
Hale was injured and transported to Huntsville Hospital for treatment. A 4-month-old passenger in the Honda was injured and transported to a local hospital for treatment.
The crash occurred on Jordan Road near Twin Oaks Drive North East, approximately two miles north of Huntsville, in Madison County.
Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.”
Corporal Reginal M. King/Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
