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Predawn Saturday crash claims Brewton woman

News Staff Report

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials reported that a single-vehicle crash that occurred Saturday, Nov. 2, has claimed the life of a Brewton woman.
State trooper reports indicate that 76-year-old Dorothy A. Spears was fatally injured when the 2017 Toyota Camry she was driving left the roadway and struck a culvert around 5:40 a.m.
Spears was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred on U.S. 29 near the 13-mile marker, approximately 13 miles northeast of East Brewton, in Escambia County, Alabama.
No further details were available by Tuesday’s press deadline as troopers continued their investigation.