A head on collision led to the death of an
Empire man this morning. The crash happened on Pineywoods-Sipsey Road
north of Sipsey at 7:25 a.m.
Curtis Conley Cole,
51, was a passenger in a 1999 Ford F350 that hit a 2015 Dodge Ram head
on. Cole was pronounced dead on the scene.
Both of
the drivers of the separate vehicles were airlifted to UAB Hospital
after the crash. Raymond Jerome Johnson, 53, of Double Springs was
driving the 1999 Ford F350 in which Cole was a passenger. Kevin M.
Garner, 43, of Clyde, Ohio was driving the 2015 Dodge Ram.
Alabama State Troopers are investigating the incident.