From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — A Midfield man is dead after crashing his vehicle into a fallen tree in Birmingham.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as 31-year-old Brandon Rashaad Reynolds, who authorities say collided with a large tree that had apparently fallen across the road during a recent rainstorm.
The accident took place at approximately 12:59 a.m. Tuesday in the 1500 bolck of Spaulding-Ishkooda Rd. in Birmingham. Reynolds was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 1:30 a.m., according to the coroner’s office.
The cause and circumstances surrounding the wreck are being investigated by the Birmingham Police Department.