CULLMAN - A fatal traffic accident
occurred overnight in Cullman. At approximately 10 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 1, Summertown, Tennessee resident Michael Hurgeton, 43, was struck and killed as he turned onto AL Highway 157 headed home.
Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick said Mr. Hurgeton, "was on a 2013 John Wayne 49cc scooter."
"After talking to his mother he was just passing through on his way home," he continued.
Kilpatrick stated that Hurgeton "pulled out and pulled off the side road near County Road 1180 and turned north with traffic."
The name of a young woman involved in the incident has not been released at this time. Kilpatrick said she was unharmed physically.