HOUSTON COUNTY: 8:42 PM. . Houston County 911 dispatched a “man down” call on Houston County Road 33 and Hodgesville Road.
Responding to the scene, Hodgesville Volunteer Fire Department, Cottonwood Rescue, Houston County Sheriff Department, and ALEA – Troopers. Cottonwood Rescue mutual aid requested Dothan Fire Department to respond.
Multiple law enforcement officers are on the scene. The roadway is closed at this time. A investigation is underway. At this time it is unknown of a motor vehicle accident or a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle.
More details will follow later tonight or in the morning.
UPDATED ON SATURDAY AT 08:15 AM
This accident is under a combined investigation by ALEA Trooper Mosley and Houston County Sheriff Criminal Investigation Division.
AT THIS TIME, a white male, 52 year old Scott Spivey, was found deceased on County Road 33 near the railraod tracks between Hodgesville Baptist Church and Hodgesville Road. Mr. Spivey received blunt force trauma and was pronounced dead on the scene by Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd.
Mr. Spivey’s vehicle, as RSN understands from the preliminary investigation, was parked west of Hodgesville Road intersection, in the ditch and in park.
No vehicle that apparently struck Mr. Spivey was present. So this could be a hit and run accident where the person who struck Mr. Spivey left the scene. Or this could be a foul play death. That is the reason for the two agency investigation.
If this is a hit and run accident, ALEA Troopers are the primary investigation agency. which at this time they are the primary investigation agency. If not a motor vehicle accident – pedestrican struck and a foul play death, then Houston County Sheriff Criminal Investigation Division will then take the primary investigative agency.
A post mortem examination will be conducted by the Alabama Medical Examineer in Montgomery.
UPDATED @ 10:35 AM SATURDAY
This is NOT the Scott Spivey “currently” employed with law enforcement, in particular Dothan Police Department.
He was a former law enforcement officer but has not been in a number of years.
UPDATED MONDAY @ 06:50 AM
Today the body of Mr. Spivey will undergo a post mortem examination in Montgomery by the Medical Examineer for the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.
The scene investigation, Mr. Spivey died from blunt force trauma. The exact cause of the blunt force trauma is unknown. It could be from a severe fall or from a vehicle which struck him.
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION is that Mr. Spivey had left some friends house not long before the incident which caused his death. The truck he was traveling on was parked west of where the death occurred.
Law Enforcement Officers are awaiting the medical examination to help them in determination of what took place.
Both ALEA – Trooper Mosley and Houston County Sheriff Deputies are conducting investigations. Should it be a pedestrian struck by a vehicle the primary investigative agency is ALEA. Should if be foul play the primary investigative agency will be Houston County Sheriff Criminal Investigative Unit. That is the reason for the joint investigation.
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