From The Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE – Michael Jay Benge, 70, of Trussville, died yesterday when a vehicle he was a passenger in left the roadway and struck a tree on Roper Road in Trussville.
The accident occurred at 11:52 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Benge was transported to Ascension St. Vincent’s East Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:58 p.m.
“The decedent was a passenger of an Isuzu Rodeo involved in a single-vehicle wreck when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree,” Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said. “The Trussville Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding the wreck.”