Crime & Safety

Buhl Man Killed, Two Others Injured In Tuscaloosa County Crash Friday

State Troopers are investigating a two-vehicle crash that left one man dead and two other people injured late Friday night.

TUSCALOOSA, AL — A Tuscaloosa County man is dead and two others injured following a two-vehicle crash Friday night on Tuscaloosa County Road 140.


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The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says at approximately 10 p.m. Friday, Buhl resident Joshua E. Plowman, 22, was killed when the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado he was driving collided head-on with a 2006 GMC Sierra driven by another Buhl man.

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ALEA says Plowman was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The other driver, along with a passenger in Plowman’s vehicle, were both injured and transported to DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa for treatment.

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The wreck occurred approximately six miles west of Coker and remains under investigated.


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