From Trussville Tribune staff reports
BLOUNT COUNTY — A two-vehicle crash at 7:55 a.m. Tuesday has claimed the life of a Blountsville teen.
Michael Lanier Threatt, 18, was seriously injured when the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier he was driving collided with a 2016 Freightliner on U.S. 231, seven miles north of Ashville.
Threatt was airlifted to UAB Hospital where he died Wednesday.
The driver of the Freightliner was not injured. The preliminary investigation indicates that the teenager was distracted by a cellphone at the time of the crash, according to the Alabama State Troopers office.
Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate.
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