Alabama

Smiths Station man killed in Interstate 85 car crash near Opelika

A Smiths Station, Alabama, man was killed Wednesday in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 85, according to state troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Jerry Dozier died when the 2005 Toyota Camry he was driving ran off the highway and overturned at 8:39 p.m., the ALEA said in a news release Thursday.

Dozier, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened five miles north of Opelika near interstate mile marker 69, troopers said. Dozier was not wearing a seatbelt, they 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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