Man killed in Pike County crash

A man has died after a head-on car crash Saturday morning.

James Thompson, 58, of Troy, was killed when his 2017 Hyundai Tuscon hit another vehicle, a 2009 Ford F-250, driven by Robert J. Wise, 57, of Luverne, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

“Thompson was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Wise was also injured and transported to Southeast Health in Dothan for medical treatment,” the agency said in a statement Saturday.

The crash happened about 7:45 a.m., approximately eight miles north of Luverne, at the 158 mile marker of U.S. 29 in Pike County.

An investigation of the crash by state troopers is underway.