BIRMINGHAM POST – A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 8:35 a.m. Thursday, May 21, has claimed the life of a Springville man. Chance Mitchell Lawrence Taylor, 38, was critically injured when the 2001 Chevrolet S10 he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. Taylor was transported to University of Alabama Birmingham St. Vincent’s East Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.

The crash occurred on St. Clair Road 32 near Clayton Road, five miles west of Springville, in St. Clair County. Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.