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Carpenter said police believe Matthew Bryan Mills, a 39-year-old from Tuscaloosa, was driving his 2015 Yamaha Striker west on McFarland Boulevard when he struck the rear end of a 2003 Jeep Liberty moving the same direction.
The wreck happened around 8:15 p.m., and a third vehicle crashed nearby soon after – Carpenter said they swerved to avoid the first accident and struck a sign or pole off the road.
Northport Police, Nortphort Fire and Rescue and NorthStar Ambulance responded to the scene and transported Mills to an area hospital, but he later died.
Carpenter said the investigation into the fatal accident is still ongoing, but said at this time no criminal charges are expected.
A suspect has been charged in the Sunday shooting death of a 62-year-old man in Tuscaloosa.
Police were dispatched about 4 p.m. to the 3200 block of 18th Street on a report of a shooting.
Police arrived to find Joseph Earl Miller dead inside his home, said Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit Capt. Jack Kennedy.
After interviewing Miller’s family members, investigators identified the suspects as 41-year-old Andrew Wayne Hollie.
Kennedy said Hollie had been in a relationship with Miller’s daughter and had been engaged in threatening and abusive behavior toward both of them in the week prior to the fatal shooting.
Authorities issued a capital murder warrant for Hollie. U.S. Marshals took him into custody early Monday.
He is being held without bond in the Tuscaloosa County Jail.
