Crime & Safety
Louisiana Man Killed In Commercial Vehicle Crash In Sumter County
Here's the latest after a commercial vehicle crash resulted in the death of a man from Slidell, Louisiana near York on Tuesday
YORK, AL — A Louisiana man was killed Tuesday morning in a crash in Sumter County involving two large commercial vehicles.
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The crash occurred on Interstate 59, roughly four miles north of York, in Sumter County.
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The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Wednesday that the the collision occurred at approximately 8:45 a.m. when a 2015 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by 37-year-old Webster J. Joseph, of Slidell, struck a 2018 International tractor- trailer driven by a 21-year-old Tuscaloosa resident.
ALEA reported that Joseph was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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