From Tribune staff reports
ARGO — A Center Point man is dead after he attempted to flee police and struck a pickup truck driven by a Trussville man, according to Senior Trooper Justin O’Neal of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
The two-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 8:42 p.m. Monday, Dec. 25.
“Jaden A. Hairston, 21, was fatally injured when the 2003 Kawasaki 636 motorcycle that he was operating struck the 2012 Toyota Tacoma driven by Allen R. Thomas, 43, of Trussville,” O’Neal said. “Hairston was attempting to elude law enforcement when he struck the Toyota.”
Hairston was pronounced deceased at the scene of the crash, which occurred on U.S. 11 near the 159 mile marker, within the city limits of Argo, in St. Clair County.
No further information is available as Troopers with the ALEA Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.