LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — An Opelika man was killed in a fiery crash that happened around midnight Saturday, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
Austin Jordan was fatally injured when the Chevrolet Silverado he was driving departed the roadway, hit a tree and overturned before becoming engulfed in flames. The crash happened on U.S. 29 about seven miles north of Opelika.
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Jordan died at the scene. Troopers with the ALEA Highway Patrol Division are investigating the crash.
OPELIKA, Ala. (WRBL) – An Opelika Police officer is recovering after his patrol vehicle was hit by another car early Tuesday morning on Interstate 85. According to investigators, the crash happened around 4:19 a.m. on I-85 northbound near mile marker 62. The officer had responded to a single-vehicle crash and…
OPELIKA, Ala. (WRBL) – An Opelika Police officer is recovering after his patrol vehicle was hit by another car early Tuesday morning on Interstate 85. According to investigators, the crash happened around 4:19 a.m. on I-85 northbound near mile marker 62. The officer had responded to a single-vehicle crash and…
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