WEST POINT, AL-Monday, December 7 the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency issued a statement concerning the death of a pedestrian. They are also looking for information regarding the driver of the vehicle that left the scene of the accident:
“A vehicle striking a powerline at approximately 5:40 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, has led to the death of a pedestrian. Chloe Camille Williams, 20, of Vestavia Hills, was killed when she was struck by a utility pole. Williams was initially involved in a single-vehicle crash which moments earlier, struck the same utility pole, damaging the supporting guide wire. As a result, the powerline in which the utility was supporting dropped across the roadway. Williams then exited her vehicle after the crash and was standing near the shoulder of the roadway when a second vehicle struck the powerline, breaking the utility pole and causing the broken pole to strike her. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash occurred on Alabama 157 near County Road 1199 at the nine mile marker in the West Point Community. The second vehicle that struck the powerline remains unidentified.
ALEA Troopers are requesting anyone with any information regarding this crash please contact the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency-Decatur Post at (256) 353-0631.Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate. Nothing further is available at this time. “
Senior Trooper Brandon Bailey/Recruiting Coordinator-Troop F
