One person was fatally injured, and another hurt, in a single vehicle accident in Cherokee County on Thursday afternoon.
According to Alabama State Trooper reports that accident took place on Highway 35 about seven miles outside of Ft Payne at 5:55pm, and it involved a 2003 Ford truck, driven by 30 year old Brett Lonsbury of Maineville, Ohio.
Lonsbury was fatally injured in the crash – while a passenger in the vehicle, identified as 23 year old Kevin James Lay of Loveland, Ohio was taken to Gadsden Regional Hospital for treatment.
The cause of that accident remains under investigation by state troopers.