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From Alabama Law Enforcement Agency

MONTGOMERY POST — A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, has claimed the life of a Birmingham man. Vernon Cooper, 57, was fatally injured when the 2010 Hyundai Elantra he was driving left the roadway, struck an embankment and overturned. Cooper was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash, was ejected and pronounced deceased at the scene. The crash occurred on Interstate 65 near the 213 mile marker, approximately two miles north of Clanton, in Chilton County. Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.