LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is sharing more details about an arrest after a series of crashes on Interstate 65 on Tuesday that left one man dead and a woman injured.
ALEA said a two-vehicle crash that occurred at around 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, killed William D. Hardrick, 22, of Birmingham. The agency said Hardrick was killed when the car he was driving was struck by a Peterbilt tractor-trailer driven by John W. McAdams, 31, of Winfield.
Authorities said that after the impact, Hardrick’s car left the roadway, struck a fence, a guardrail, and then overturned. Limestone County Coroner Mike West said the vehicle came to a rest long Piney Chapel Road. Hardrick was pronounced dead on the scene and McAdams failed to stop at the scene of the crash, according to ALEA.
Austin Peay State University stated that Hardrick, originally from Adamsville, was a senior football player at the school.
“We are truly saddened by the passing of William Hardrick, a new member of our football program and the Austin Peay family,” said APSU Vice President and Director of Athletics Gerald Harrison. “All of our thoughts and prayers are with the Hardrick Family today. We will do everything we can to support his friends, family, and teammates at this time.”
ALEA said prior to hitting Hardrick’s car, McAdams was involved in a crash with another car driven by a woman. Authorities said that the woman was injured and taken to Athens Hospital.
The agency said that after striking multiple vehicles, the Peterbilt eventually came to a stop and caught fire.
ALEA arrested McAdams and charged him with murder, as well as two counts of leaving the scene of an accident with injury and one count of driving under the influence.
The series of wrecks occurred along a stretch of I-65 from mile markers 334 to 361 in Limestone County. A portion of the southbound lanes of the interstate were closed for over two hours following the crashes.
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