One dead, two injured in Butler County crash
BUTLER COUNTY, Ala. (WAKA) – A single-car crash has left one person dead and two others injured in Butler County.
Alabama State Troopers say the wreck happened at about 12:15PM this afternoon on U.S. Highway 31, about one mile north of Greenville.
State troopers say 81-year-old Jessie Truitt of Greenville was killed when the car he was driving left the roadway, struck a ditch and overturned. They say Truitt was not using a seat belt and died at the scene.
Two passengers, 83-year-old Gracie Kelly of Greenville, and 62-year-old Rosalind Roper of Birmingham, were injured and taken to Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery for medical treatment.
