Driver drifts off I-65, dies in collision with bridge near Atmore

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A driver drifted off Interstate 65 and slammed into a bridge north of Atmore Friday night. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene of the crash.

Alabama State Troopers identified the driver as 27-year-old Reginald LaBarron Chambers, of Chickasaw.

He was driving a 2005 Hummer when he drifted off the roadway and collided with a bridge pylon, Trooper Jamie Maloy said. The accident happened 12 miles north of Atmore around 6:50 p.m.

Troopers continued to investigate Saturday.