From Tribune staff reports
ST. CLAIR COUNTY — A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 1:18 p.m. Saturday, April 13, has claimed the life of a Hixson, Tenn. man, according to Corporal Reginal M. King of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
“Jack L. Rice, 27, was critically injured when the 2012 Chrysler 200 he was driving left the roadway, struck a ditch and overturned,” King said. “Rice was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was ejected.”
Rice was airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham where he succumbed to injuries and was pronounced deceased.
The crash occurred on Interstate 59 near the 149 mile marker, approximately one mile north of Argo, in St. Clair County. Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.