Alabama man dies after Valentine’s Day head-on collision
Published 1:29 pm Thursday, February 16, 2023
An Alabama man has died after his car collided with a pick-up truck on Valentine’s Day, state troopers said.
The two-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 4:25 p.m. Tuesday, and claimed the life of an Opp, Alabama, man.
Dennis Edward Murphy, 70, was critically injured when the 2021 Volkswagen Atlas that he was driving collided head-on with the 2020 Ford F-150 driven by Jeremy Clayton Powell, 44, of Brundidge.
Neither Murphy nor Powell was using a seat belt at the time of the crash, and both were injured and transported to area hospitals for treatment.
Murphy later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased on Thursday.
The crash occurred on Alabama 87 near the 49 mile marker, approximately 16 miles north of Elba, in Coffee County.