LEIGHTON-The State Trooper Post in Sheffield is asking for help with a hit-and-run accident in Leighton on Saturday, March 17. This accident took the life of a Leighton man.
“On 3/17/2018 the Quad Cities State Trooper Post responded to a crash at the intersection of AL. 157 and Duncan LN.
Jimmy Oneal Waldrep, 75 and a resident of Leighton, was walking on AL. 157 when he was struck and killed by a driver who left the scene without reporting the crash. Another motorist who stopped to assist Waldrep reported seeing a dark color sedan type vehicle leaving the scene. This vehicle will have damage to the front, most likely to the headlight.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Quad Cities Trooper Post at 256-383-9212 ext. 0.”
Cpl. Bill Burke
Alabama State Troopers
Quad Cities Post
