CLAYTON, Ala. (WDNews) — Two men were killed Saturday afternoon, Oct. 10, in a single-vehicle crash in Barbour County, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA).
ALEA said the crash occurred around 2:45 p.m. when a 2015 GMC Yukon driven by Cedric L. Peebles, 37, of Union Springs, left the roadway, struck a road sign, overturned and then struck a tree.
Peebles was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger, Vincent J.T. Devose, 26, of Clayton, was also fatally injured. According to ALEA, Devose was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash occurred on Alabama Highway 239 near the 4-mile marker, approximately one mile west of Clayton in Barbour County.
ALEA said no further information is available at this time as troopers with its Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate the crash.
