MADISON COUNTY-The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports a single-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle has taken the life of one person:
“A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 12:11 a.m. Sunday, October 29, and has claimed the life of a New Hope man.
William R. Pruitt, 68, was critically injured when the 2008 Harley-Davidson motorcycle that he was operating struck a deer. Pruitt was thrown from the motorcycle and transported to Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, where he succumbed to injuries and was pronounced deceased.
The crash occurred on Paint Rock Road, approximately four miles east of New Hope, in Madison County. Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol continue to investigate.”
Corporal Reginal M. King/Alabama Law Enforcement Agency