Crash near Dixons Mills claims life of Pine Hill man

A single-vehicle crash at 9:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, claimed the life of a Pine Hill man.

Coleman Reed Huckabee, 20, was seriously injured when the 2005 Acura TL he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. Huckabee, who was not using a seat belt, was ejected and transported to Thomasville Regional Medical Center where he died a short time later.

The crash occurred on Alabama Hwy. 10 near the 49 mile marker, approximately two miles east of Dixon Mills city limits. Although the circumstances surrounding the crash are under investigation, speed is believed to be a factor.

Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.