LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Limestone County Coroner has identified the person killed in a wreck on I-65 Tuesday.
Coroner Mike West said a man was pronounced dead on the scene after the wreck near Piney Chapel Road. He was later identified as 22-year-old William D. Hardrick.
West told News 19 that Hardrick was driving southbound on I-65 when the vehicle he was in left the roadway, hit a fence and then began flipping over. He said the vehicle eventually came to a rest on Piney Chapel Road near the interstate.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency arrested 31-year-old John Walter McAdams and charged him with murder, as well as two counts of leaving the scene of an accident with injury and one count of driving under the influence.
According to court documents, McAdams "created a great risk of death to a person... and did thereby cause the death of William Deon Hardrick."
Austin Peay State University stated that Hardrick, originally from Adamsville, was a senior football player at the school.
"We are truly saddened by the passing of William Hardrick, a new member of our football program and the Austin Peay family," said APSU Vice President and Director of Athletics Gerald Harrison. "All of our thoughts and prayers are with the Hardrick Family today. We will do everything we can to support his friends, family, and teammates at this time."
"William Hardrick was an exceptional young man, and our team is heartbroken by his loss," said APSU football coach Jeff Faris. "He made everyone around him better and has made a real impact both on and off the field. We lift up the Hardrick family in prayer as we grieve this tragic loss with them."
The coroner said it is not clear at this time what caused the vehicle to leave the roadway.
West said that the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating the crash.