Troopers continue to investigate fatal Garden City wreck
Published 9:48 pm Tuesday, February 14, 2017
- A vehicle reported struck a gas pump at the Garden City Chevron and continued heading south on U.S. 31 where it ran into an upholstery shop and caught fire Tuesday night.
Alabama State Troopers are continuing to investigate a Tuesday night wreck that left a 32-year-old local man dead in Garden City.
According to reports, the vehicle slammed into an upholstery shop and caught fire with a person trapped inside the automobile.
Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick identified the victim as David Rouse, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Rouse was from Cullman County, but had addresses for Hanceville and Falkville, Kilpatrick said.
At around 8:15 p.m., Garden City and Hancevillle firefighters were called to the scene at the business where the vehicle drove off U.S. 31, into the building and was on fire, according to emergency dispatch reports.
Dispatch reports indicated the vehicle ran off U.S. 31 South, took down a gas pump at the Garden City Chevron and then ran into the upholstery shop.
The gas station, on the right side of the highway if traveling southbound, is more than a quarter-mile away from C & U Upholstery Supply Company, which sits on the left side of U.S. 31.
Check back for details as they become available.
