RUSSELL COUNTY, Ala. (WTVM) - A 19-year-old Seale man has died following a crash early Saturday morning in Russell County.

According to officials, Jaxson Cole Griggs died in the single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 3:28 a.m. Saturday, Oct 11 on Russell County 24, about 11 miles south of Phenix City.

Griggs was driving a 2017 Ford F-250 when the vehicle left the roadway, struck a culvert, and then hit a tree. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and was reported dead at the scene.

Troopers with ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate the crash.

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