From The Tribune staff reports
BRILLIANT, Ala. — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division is investigating a single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a west Alabama man.
George W. Watkins, 71, was killed in the crash on Dec. 12, according to ALEA. Investigators believe the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado he was driving, left the roadway, went down an embankment and struck a tree.
Watkins was pronounced dead on the scene, which was off of Alabama 233, at the 8.8-mile marker, about five miles east of Brilliant.
Watkins has been identified as a missing person from the area since Dec. 13, according to a press release.