Roger Measles, Jessica Slater, Death – The driver and the passenger of a motorcycle were killed Friday afternoon in a crash on Mountainview Road in the Wellington community.
According to a release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the motorcycle struck a trailer being towed by a truck around 2:47 p.m. Friday. The crash happened between Jacksonville and Gadsden in Calhoun County.
ALEA identified the two people as 40-year-old Roger Measles and 34-year-old Jessica Slater. Slater was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Measles was transported to the hospital where he later died.
No other information is available as the crash remains under investigation.