From The Tribune staff reports
WALKER COUNTY — A two-vehicle crash at approximately 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, has claimed the life of a Fultondale man.
Roy Howell, 76, was fatally injured when the 2013 Toyota Highlander he was driving collided head-on with a 1998 Freightliner tractor trailer, driven by Cedric Cook, 50, of Memphis, Tenn. Howell was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The crash occurred on Interstate 22 near mile marker 60, approximately one mile south of Jasper, in Walker County.
Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.
