A Chunchula man riding a law mower was struck and killed Sunday afternoon when a 1978 Chevrolet Corvette left the roadway on Highway 217 near Chunchula Georgetown Road, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
Heath Allen Byrd, 44, of Chunchula, was operating a John Deere mower shortly after 5 p.m. when the Corvette, driven by Calvin Dale Brewer, 54, of Saraland, left the road and struck him, ALEA said in a news release.
Byrd was pronounced dead at the scene, located approximately 16 miles north of Semmes in Mobile County.
Traffic Homicide Investigation Underway
ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division dispatched a traffic homicide investigator to the scene and is leading the investigation. No additional details about the circumstances of the crash have been released.
The case remains under investigation.