Motorcyclist Killed in Collision with Dump Truck in Marion County Monday
An Athens, Alabama, man died on Monday morning when his motorcycle collided with a dump truck outside of Winfield in Marion County, the Alabama State Troopers report.
Senior Trooper Gregory Corble, a spokesperson for the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, said the crash happened at about 5 a.m. Monday on Interstate 22.
Corble said 41-year-old Joshua Colvett, from Athens, Alabama, was driving a 2001 Yamaha Road Star motorcycle when it was struck by a 2025 Western Star Dump Truck being operated by a 23-year-old Mississippi man.
Colvett was thrown from his motorcycle and was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
Corble said the two-vehicle crash happened about two miles north of Winfield in Marion County.
No more information was available on Wednesday evening.
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