Alabama man killed in head-on collision with truck

Published 1:17 pm Saturday, September 24, 2022

An Alabama man was killed Friday when his car collided head-on with a truck, state troopers reported.

The two-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 3:40 p.m. Friday.

A Hayneville, Alabama, man. Jerry L. Thornton, 74, was fatally injured when the 2022 Chevrolet Malibu he was driving collided head-on with the 2005 Ford F-150 pickup driven by William E. Bryant Jr., 69, of Pine Apple, Alabama, troopers said.

Thornton was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The crash occurred on Lowndes County 26, approximately one mile west of Hayneville, in Lowndes County.