Widow offering $5,000 reward in multi-vehicle crash that killed her husband

Published 9:17 am Friday, January 29, 2021

The widow of a trucker killed in a horrific crash on an Alabama interstate is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the identity of the driver who started the series of events that left her husband dead.

Charles Eugene Pearce Jr., 59, of Gulf Shores did not survive after a crash that occurred on Tuesday, Oct. 6, in Birmingham.

Investigators say that Pearce was hauling a load of automobiles on I-65 south when a multi-vehicle crash caused his vehicle to careen off of the I-65 exit ramp, falling about 25 feet onto I-59/20 northbound below.

Pearce died at the scene. The fatal crash remains under investigation.

Pearce’s wife, Marti, is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads the identity of the driver who fled the scene after the crash. Crime Stoppers is also offering up to $5,000 so the total reward could be as high as $10,000.

One other person was transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.