2 killed, 1 injured in head-on wreck near Montgomery, authorities say

Two people were killed and another was injured in a head-on wreck Sunday near Montgomery, authorities said Friday.

Jerad E. Swartz, 32, of Roanoke, Virginia, was driving a 2006 Scion XB around 11:30 p.m. Sunday when the vehicle collided head-on with a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu on State Route 110, about five miles east of Montgomery, said Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Senior Trooper Joshua Thompson.

Swartz and a passenger in the Malibu, 31-year-old Union Springs resident Jalisa L. Smart-Haynes, were pronounced dead at the scene, Thompson said.

A third victim was injured and taken to Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery for treatment.

Further information was unavailable as state troopers continued to investigate the wreck.