A Montgomery man died Friday afternoon when he was ejected from the pickup truck he was driving when the vehicle left the road and struck a tree in Bullock County, authorities said.

Jockey J. Howard, 36, was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck around 12:10 p.m. Friday on Bullock County Road 37 near Salem Road, about 16 miles west of Union Springs, said Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Senior Trooper Kendra R. McKinney.

Howard was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche when the pickup truck left the road and struck a tree.

The Montgomery resident, who was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the single-vehicle wreck, was ejected from the pickup.

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