JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — A pedestrian on I-59 was killed in a Jefferson County crash Saturday morning, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports.
Martin Rodriguez-Ramirez, a 29-year-old from Cullman, was fatally injured when a tractor-trailer struck him on I-59. The crash occurred around 5:15 a.m. about one mile east of Hueytown. Rodriguez-Ramirez was pronounced dead at the scene.
After hitting Rodriguez-Ramirez, the tractor-trailer hit the GMC Acadia that Rodriguez-Ramirez was driving but had crashed into a guardrail. A passenger in the Acadia was injured and taken to UAB Hospital for treatment.
Troopers with the ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division are investigating.