14-year-old dead, 4 other teens hurt after truck hits tree in central Alabama
A 14-year-old passenger was killed and four other teenagers were injured in a single-vehicle wreck Thursday afternoon in central Alabama, authorities said Thursday night.
The fatal victim, only identified as a 14-year-old Deatsville resident, was a passenger in a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck that left Lightwood Road near Hickory Road around 3:20 p.m. Thursday near Wetumpka when it collided with a tree, said Sgt. Jeremy Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
The teen was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Silverado, only identified as a 16-year-old from Deatsville, was injured along with three other teenage passengers — a 14-year-old, a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old –, Burkett said.
The driver and three other teens were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Further information was unavailable as authorities continued to investigate the incident.