From The Tribune staff reports
GARDENDALE — A McCalla man was fatally injured in a two-vehicle crash on Friday, August 19, at approximately 12:40 p.m.
According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, James Louis Haynie, 50, was the driver and lone occupant of a Jeep traveling north on Interstate 65 near Fieldstown Road.
“The decedent’s vehicle was struck from behind by another vehicle, causing the Jeep to roll over and the decedent to be ejected from the vehicle,” Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates stated.
Haynie was transported to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where he succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, August 21.
The cause and circumstances surrounding the wreck are being investigated by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency – State Troopers.
The story will be updated if more information becomes available.
