Accident on Highway 278 at County Road 181 on Thursday Morning / UPDATED

A Piedmont man was injured in a single-vehicle crash early Thursday morning on Highway 278, near the intersection with County Road 181.

According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency accident report – just prior to 6:30, the vehicle, a 1997 Nissan, left the road and struck a tree injuring the driver, 57 year old Harlan Shell, Jr.

No additional information regarding the extent of Shell’s injuries was noted on the report – it was noted however, that he was not wearing a seatbelt at the time the wreck occurred.

That accident, which took place approximately seven miles east of Piedmont remains under investigation by Alabama State Troopers.

 

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