Staff Report

A Plantersville man is dead after losing control of his vehicle on Alabama Highway 22 in Valley Grande Monday night.

Jimmy “Tim” McGhee, 38, was traveling in an eastbound direction on Hwy. 22 when “the vehicle left the roadway and struck a guardrail and a tree,” said Alabama State Trooper John Reese, public information officer.

Reese said the accident occurred around 11 p.m. near the 35-mile marker.