Updated at 7:11 PM With Scene Photos - Serious Critical Accident Involving A Motorcycle - West Main and Brannon Stand

Rickey Stokes

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Date: Nov 20 2021 12:45 PM

HOUSTON COUNTY:    12:04 PM    ALEA Trooper notified Dothan 911 of a serious - critical accident involving a passenger car and a motorcycle.

The motorcycle was east bound on Highway 84 ( West Main Street ). The motorcycle appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed.

The traffic signal changed and a vehicle which appeared to be traveling north on Brannon Stand Road pulled out when they got the green light and the motorcycle hit the car.

According to witnesses on impact the motorcycle rider went flying through the air and landed on the pavement a distance east of impact.

As soon as the accident occurred the ALEA Trooper went running to the motorcycle rider. The ALEA Trooper immediately initiated CPR.

Dothan Fire Engine 8 ( Highlands ) and other EMS, Pilcher Ambulance, Dothan Police responded. After Dothan Fire Engine 8 arrived and began treatment and contacted medical control CPR was discontinued.

12:40 PM Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd arrived on the scene and pronounced the motorcycle rider dead.

SCENE PICTURES BEING HELD UNTIL NEXT OF KIN NOTIFIED

ALEA - Troopers has requested SBI respond with the drone unit to photogrpah the scene from overhead.

ALEA Troopers are in charge of the accident investigation.

The east bound lanes of traffic are detoured at this time. 

UPDATED AT 4:47 pm

HOUSTON COUNTY – A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 11:54 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, has claimed the life of a Newton man. Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division were attempting to stop a Suzuki GSXR 750 that was operated by Joel J. Floyd, 25. Floyd was attempting to elude an ALEA Trooper and failed to stop at a red light and subsequently collided with a 2014 Kia Forte driven by Wade B. Bateman, 62, of Slocomb. Floyd was fatally injured and pronounced deceased at the scene. The crash occurred at the intersection of U.S. 84 and Alabama 605, within the city limits of Dothan. Nothing further is available as ALEA Troopers continue to investigate.

UPDATED @ 7:11 PM   

This accident was a result of the motorcycle rider failing to yield to blue lights and siren of law enforcement and stop.

Following the crash, both ALEA Troopers and bystanders, from what I am told that included some nurses, ran to the accident victim who also was attempting CPR until Dothan Fire arrived.

HATS OFF to all who helped to do all they could to attempt to save the man's life.

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