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This morning at approximately 9:20 A.M. officers of the Valley Police Department, along with East Alabama Fire and EMS, were called to the scene of a traffic accident at the intersection of 64^th Boulevard and 65^th Street. On arrival, officers found that a 2002 Honda Accord had run into and under the trailer of a 2013 International Semi.

The driver of the Honda, Jamario Shontez Wilkerson,29 of Valley, was pronounced dead on the scene.

Preliminary investigation showed that the semi was turning north onto 64^th Boulevard from 65^th Street. Wilkerson, who was traveling north on 64^th Boulevard in the inside lane, struck the trailer of the semi as it was making its turn.

The Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Law