Crime & Safety
Iowa Man Killed In Sumter County Tractor-Trailer Crash
An Iowa man is dead following a single-vehicle crash in Sumter County Thursday morning.
TUSCALOOSA, AL — An Iowa man was killed in a commercial vehicle crash in Sumter County Thursday morning.
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The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) told local media that the single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 5 a.m. Thursday when a 2020 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by Luqman A. Goher, 31, left the roadway, struck a ditch and then hit several trees.
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Goher, a resident of Ankeny, Iowa, was pronounced dead at the scene.
ALEA said the crash occurred on Interstate 59 near the 26 mile marker, roughly 11 miles northeast of Livingston.
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The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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