Overview
- A single-car crash next to the Student Center parking deck on the University of Alabama campus left the driver dead after first responders tried to save him.
- Police identified the location as near Marrs Spring across from the Student Center, a busy area in the heart of campus.
- A University of Alabama officer reached the vehicle first, broke a window to remove the driver, and began chest compressions with another officer.
- Officials have not released the driver’s name and said the person was not a student, faculty member, or staff.
- Investigators have opened a traffic homicide case and are working to determine what led to the crash since no cause has been confirmed.