From Tribune staff reports
ST. CLAIR COUNTY — One man is dead and a woman hospitalized following a single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 27, according to Senior Trooper Brandon Bailey of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
“Ivey L. Mason Jr., 85, was fatally injured when the 2023 Jeep Cherokee he was driving left the roadway, struck a tree and caught fire,” Bailey said. “Mason was not using a seat belt at the time of crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene.”
Sharon B. Mason, 83, also of Birmingham, who was a passenger in the Jeep, was injured and transported to the UAB Hospital in Birmingham for treatment.
The crash occurred on Kelly Creek Road near McCrory Road, approximately six miles north of Moody, in St. Clair County.
No further information is available as Troopers with the ALEA Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.