Powell killed in crash
Published 11:15 am Monday, July 21, 2008
By By Adrienne McKenzie
Atmore resident Johnnie Wayne Powell, 50, was fatally injured in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday night.
According to Alabama Department of Public Safety spokesperson Doris Teague, the accident occurred on County Road 1, six miles north of Atmore.
Powell was driving a 1997 Jeep.
Jeremy Robert Hall, 27, of Atmore was also injured. Hall was traveling in a 2005 Chevrolet PK.
Both men were taken to Atmore Community Hospital.
See page 5A for Powell’s obituary.
The accident is under investigation by Alabama State Troopers.
Further information was not available at press time.