From The Tribune staff reports
BESSEMER — The Jefferson County Coroner’ Office has identified the victim of a fatal car accident that took place on Monday, Aug. 24 in Bessemer.
Police responded to reports of an accident at 1 a.m. Monday in the 790 block of Lock 17 Road. 31-year-old passenger Kyle Heath Nicholas, of Hueytown, was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to a release from the coroner’s office, Nicholas sustained injuries during a single-car accident, when the sedan that he was a passenger in left the roadway and struck a tree. The circumstances surrounding the wreck are being investigated by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.