ALFORD — A 40-year-old Cottondale man was critically injured and his 20-year-old passenger was seriously injured in a wreck near Alford Monday afternoon, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said Samuel Aldon Keen Jr. and Heather Lynn Carter, also of Cottondale, were in a 2000 Dodge Van at about 4 p.m. and headed west on County 276 when they pulled out on State 75. The van was then struck by a semi truck being driven by 68-year-old Jonnie W. McClendon of Lake City, Ga. McClendon had minor injuries, officials wrote.
The incident is under investigation.
