Woman killed in a two-vehicle crash in Pickens Co.
PICKENS COUNTY, Ala. (WCBI) – A Pickens County woman has been killed in two vehicle crash in Jefferson County, Alabama.
29-year-old Jarad J. Pruitt of Aliceville was killed when the Ford pickup she was riding in collided head-on with a Freightliner tractor-trailer early Sunday morning.
The crash happened on Interstate 22 near the 91-mile marker about one mile west of Forestdale in Jefferson County.
The driver of the pickup, Tramaine Pruitt of Birmingham, also died at the scene.
The driver of the 18-wheeler was injured and taken to UAB Hospital.
The Highway Patrol Division of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating the crash.