Alabama man killed, passenger airlifted to hospital after truck overturns

Published 1:09 pm Wednesday, April 26, 2023

An Alabama man was killed this week when his truck overturned, state troopers said.

The single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 4:15 p.m. Monday, and claimed the life of a Jasper man.

Jason D. Pate, 46, was fatally injured when the Ford F-800 he was driving left the roadway and overturned, Alabama state troopers said.

Pate was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The passenger, Brian L. Masterson, 50, of Jasper, was injured and transported by helicopter to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

The crash occurred on Lamon Chapel Road near Clearview Drive, approximately 13 miles north of Jasper, in Walker County. ‘