A 34-year-old woman from Wing died Thursday afternoon after the Cadillac Escalade she was driving left a rural Covington County roadway, struck a mailbox and overturned, ejecting her from the vehicle. Megan L. Kilpatrick was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash happened at about 1:55 p.m. on Covington County 4 near Barton Road, roughly four miles east of Wing, according to WTVY. The station reported that Kilpatrick was not wearing a seat belt when the SUV ran off the road and flipped.
As WDHN reported, Kilpatrick was from Wing, an unincorporated community in the Conecuh National Forest. Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's Highway Patrol Division say she was ejected during the crash, the station's report notes.
Troopers Continue Investigating the Crash
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Highway Patrol troopers are investigating the crash, per the same account. No further details about what caused the Escalade to leave the roadway have been released.
