Crime

Phenix City man dies after he’s hit by pickup on Alabama Highway 80, troopers say

A pedestrian from Phenix City died after he was hit by a pickup truck Saturday on Alabama Highway 80, authorities said.

Timothy Gerald Moye, 32, was struck by a 2000 GMC pickup driven by a 69-year-old Seale, Alabama, man, according to a news release Sunday from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

The crash happened around 3 p.m. near Phenix City, the news release said. The release did not give details about what led to the crash. The agency’s Highway Patrol Division is investigating, it said.

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Tim Chitwood
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Tim Chitwood is from Seale, Alabama, and started as a police beat reporter with the Ledger-Enquirer in 1982. He since has covered Columbus’ serial killings and other homicides, following some from the scene of the crime to trial verdicts and ensuing appeals. He also has been a Ledger-Enquirer humor columnist since 1987. He’s a graduate of Auburn University, and started out working for the weekly Phenix Citizen in Phenix City, Ala.
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