From The Tribune staff reports
LEEDS — A Mississippi man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Leeds on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at approximately 9 a.m.
According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, William Edward Arnold, 40, of Saltillo, Mississippi, sustained injuries from a motor vehicle accident.
The Leeds Police Department (LPD) stated Arnold was the driver of a 2017 Nissan Sentra traveling West on Pamela Street for unknown reasons, lost control of the vehicle, traveled across Montevallo Road onto the property at 1044 Montevallo Road, and struck a tree.
Arnold was pronounced dead at the scene.
“The death is being investigated as a motor vehicle accident,” Deputy Coroner Phillip Russell stated.
The story will be updated when more information is available.