From The Tribune staff reports
HAMILTON — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division is investigating a fatal crash that happened on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020.
Around 11:50 a.m., the driver of a 2008 Cadillac Escalade left the roadway and struck a guard rail, then a tree then overturned. The crash happened on Alabama 19, about 15 miles north of Hamilton. The vehicle caught fire and was engulfed in flames when first responders arrived on the scene.
The Alabama Department of Forensic Science is working to identify the driver and notify the next of kin.