6-year-old killed in single-vehicle crash north of Leesburg
A 6-year-old child from Gaylesville was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday in Cherokee County.
The child was a passenger in a 1999 GMC C1500 pick-up truck that struck a culvert along Cherokee County Route 275, left the roadway and struck a tree. The child was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash occurred around at approximately 10:22 a.m. on Route 275 near Cherokee County Route 237, approximately 10 miles north of Leesburg.
The driver of the GMC, Brandon T. Cobb, 25, of Sand Rock, was also injured and transported to Floyd Atrium Hospital in Rome, Ga., for treatment.
No further information was available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.
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