KILLEN-The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports an Auto Accident that occurred in Killen on Tuesday afternoon, October 17 resulting in the death of one man and another being taken to a hospital with injuries after a car chase by the Killlen Police:
” A single-vehicle crash at 2:30 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 17, has claimed the life of a Florence man. Jarnais Montes Porter, 28, was killed when the 2007 Lincoln MKZ, in which he was a passenger, ran off the roadway, struck the median and overturned.
Porter was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Lincoln, Larissa Noelle Bowlin, 24, of Killen, who was not using a seat belt, was ejected and transported to an area hospital for treatment of her injuries.
The crash occurred on U.S. 72 inside the Killen City Limits. At the time of the incident, Bowlin was being pursued by an officer from the Killen Police Department, which requested Alabama State Troopers investigate the crash.
Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate.”
Corporal Jeremy Baker
Quad Cities/ Highway Patrol
North Alabama M.A.I.T.
