Overview
- A head‑on crash on Pickens County Road 2 near Patton Road about 4 miles west of Aliceville left 37‑year‑old Douglas Wilder of Aliceville dead after his 2005 Ford Five Hundred collided with a 2017 Jeep Cherokee.
- The crash occurred on Memorial Day evening at about 5:30 p.m., and Wilder was pronounced dead at the scene according to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency troopers.
- The Jeep’s driver, a 32‑year‑old woman from Gordo, was injured and taken to DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa while a 10‑month‑old passenger was also injured and transported to a hospital for treatment.
- Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol Division have opened an investigation and officials have not released a determined cause or any charges.
- Local coverage has repeated ALEA’s confirmed details with no new updates on the victims’ conditions or contributing factors, and investigators’ findings will be key to understanding what led to the collision.