A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 6:20 a.m. Friday claimed the life of a Deatsville man.
According to an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Haedon D. Hughes, 19, of Deatsville was fatally injured when the 2008 Honda Ridgeline he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree.
“Hughes was pronounced deceased at the scene,” ALEA said in the release.
Brailyn E. Jackson, 19, of Prattville, who was a passenger in the Honda, was also injured and transported to Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery for treatment.
The crash occurred on U.S. 231 near the 93 mile marker, approximately 15 miles north of Troy, in Montgomery County. Nothing further is available as Troopers with the ALEA Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.
