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Driver Dies After Crash Into Tree Near University of Alabama Student Center

Police opened a traffic homicide investigation to determine what led to the single-vehicle crash.

Overview

  • A man was seen slumped over in a silver sedan near Campus Drive and McCorvey Drive before his car moved at low speed and hit a tree by the Student Center Parking Deck.
  • Responders from Tuscaloosa Police, University of Alabama Police, and Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue attempted life-saving measures, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Tuscaloosa Police said its Traffic Homicide Unit will examine what happened in the moments leading up to the crash.
  • Officials said the driver was not affiliated with the university as a student, faculty member, or staff, and his name and age have not been released.
  • A University of Alabama police officer arrived first, broke the driver’s window, and began chest compressions as students gathered nearby, according to on-scene reporting.