Timothy R. Brown never made it home Saturday night. The 62-year-old from Danville was behind the wheel of his 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer around 7 p.m. when things went wrong just west of Moulton.
His SUV left the road on Lawrence County 460 near Lawrence County 168. It hit a ditch hard and rolled over. Brown was not wearing a seatbelt. Crews found him dead right there at the scene.
Lawrence County sits in the northwest corner of Alabama, not far from the Tennessee line and west of Huntsville. Moulton is the county seat. Danville is a quiet unincorporated spot in the same county. Brown lived there.
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency troopers from the Highway Patrol Division took over the case. They have not put out any extra details yet. The crash happened less than a mile from Moulton.
Friends and neighbors in these small communities know how quick a regular drive can turn bad. Brown was alone in the vehicle. No one else got hurt.
Investigators are still looking at what caused the Trailblazer to leave the pavement. The old SUV took a beating when it overturned.
People who knew Brown will remember him as a local man who spent his days in Lawrence County. The road where it happened stays quiet most evenings. Saturday was different.
