JACKSON COUNTY-The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports a two-vehicle accident that occurred in Jackson County that has taken the life of one person:
“A two-vehicle crash at approximately 12:24 p.m. Saturday, June 5, has claimed the life of a Dutton man.
Jessie Calvin Mount, 89, was fatally injured when the 2006 Buick Rendezvous he was driving struck a 2013 Dodge Ram that was backing from a private driveway. The Buick then left the roadway and struck a tree. Mount, who was not using his seat belt, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver of the Dodge, who was a juvenile male of Scottsboro, was not injured. The crash occurred on Alabama 71 near Jackson County 408, approximately two miles south of Dutton.
Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.”
Brandon Bailey/ALEA
