A 70-year-old man was killed and a 73-year-old woman was injured following a wreck between a car and a tractor-trailer Tuesday night in Lawrence County, authorities said Wednesday.
Daniel G. Chenault, 70, of Decatur, was driving a 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe on Alabama State Route 20 around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when the car struck a 2023 Freightliner Cascadia tractor-trailer near Trinity, in Lawrence County, said Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Senior Trooper Gregory Corble.
Chenault was taken to Decatur General Hospital, where he died of his injuries, Corble said.
Patricia Chenault, 73, who was a passenger in the Santa Fe, was injured and taken to Decatur General Hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.
Further information was unavailable as state troopers continued investigating the wreck.