Man killed when car leaves road, strikes tree off Alabama highway

Published 4:29 pm Friday, July 29, 2022

A man was killed Friday morning in Alabama when he car left a highway and struck a tree.

The single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 5:20 a.m. Friday.

Clyde Humphrey, 70, of Columbus, Georgia, was fatally injured when the 2009 Toyota Scion he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree, Alabama troopers reported.

Humphrey was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The crash occurred on U.S. 431, approximately five miles north of Abbeville, in Henry County.