Alabama man killed after truck veers off road, strikes tree, troopers say
Published 9:33 pm Sunday, August 6, 2023
An Alabama man died Sunday after his pickup truck veered off the roadway, struck a ditch and then a tree late Saturday, state troopers said.
The one-car wreck on Interstate 59 approximately 3 miles north of Tuscaloosa claimed the life of Emmanuel Martinez, 22, of Gordo, Alabama, state troopers said.
Troopers said Martinez’s 1996 GMC Sierra left the road, struck a ditch and then a tree.
Martinez, who troopers said was not wearing a seatbelt, was critically injured in the wreck.
He died a short time later at DCH Regional Medical Center.