From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — The Jefferson County Coroner has identified a Moody man killed in a traffic accident over the weekend.
Khari Jamal Walker, 29, of 3502 Pine Hill Road in Moody died after the car he was driving on I-459 was struck shortly before midnight . Walker exited the vehicle where he was hit by another vehicle and subsequently died at UAB Hospital in Birmingham where he was pronounced dead.
“The decedent was involved in a motor vehicle accident where his vehicle sustained damage and was disabled,” Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Phillip Russell stated in a media release. “The decedent exited his vehicle and was walking across the right lane of travel towards the shoulder of the interstate when his was struck be another vehicle. The Hoover Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding the motor vehicle accident.”
The accident occurred near the 14-mile marker in Hoover.