SC Man Bobby Stewart ID’d As Victim In Sunday AL Fatal Head-On Vehicle Crash

JACKSON COUNTY, AL. (THECOUNT) — Bobby Joe Stewart, of Blythewood, South Carolina, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Sunday vehicle crash in Jackson County, Alabama.

Stewart, 64, was killed in a two-vehicle crash that injured four others near Gurley early Sunday morning.

According to reports, Stewart was operating a Toyota Corolla, when the vehicle crossed centerlines and came into head-on contact with a Ford F-150 pickup truck, operated by Arcelio Diaz, 32, of Huntsville, on US-72 near Gurley around 4 a.m. Sunday.

Four passengers were transported to area hospitals in unknown condition. A 15-year-old was among the injured passengers in Diaz’s truck.

Stewart, who had ties to Tennessee, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

Further details of the wreck were not provided.

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Geo quick facts: Jackson County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,579. The county seat is Scottsboro. The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States of America – Wikipedia.