A Montgomery man was killed in a Tuesday morning crash, state police say.

Cody A. Dawkins, 23, was fatally injured when the 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree, said Capt. Jeremy Burkett, spokesman for the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. The single-vehicle crash that happened about 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 19.

Dawkins was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene, Burkett said. The crash occurred on Meriwether Road near Tibbee Lane, about six miles south of Montgomery, in Montgomery County.

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