From Staff Reports
A two-vehicle crash just after noon on Thursday, has claimed the life of a Talladega County correctional officer.
According to public information senior Trooper Chuck Daniel, James Nicholas Wansley, 29, was killed when the 2002 Harley Davidson motorcycle he was operating collided with a 2002 Toyota Corolla driven by Michael Gene Johnson, 62, of Sylacauga. Wansley was pronounced dead at the scene. Johnson was not injured.
Alabama State Troopers arrested Johnson and placed him in the Coosa County Jail for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol. The crash occurred on U.S. 280 one mile east of Childersburg. Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate.