Updated: August 15, 2017

AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED THIS WEEKEND IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY.

EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED TO THE ACCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT AROUND 10:30 IN ROGERSVILLE. ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, JONATHAN WADE GOOCH, 28, OF LEOMA, TN, ALONG WITH A FEMALE PASSENGER, WERE TRAVELING WEST ON U-S 72 WHEN IT RAN OFF THE ROADWAY NEAR THE SECOND CREEK BRIDGE AND DOWN A 30 TO 35 FOOT EMBANKMENT.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT GOOCH WAS THROWN THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS TRUCK AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

THE PASSENGER, MEGAN DANIELLE WHEAT, 21, ALSO FROM LEOMA, WAS INJURED AND FLOWN FROM THE SCENE TO HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL. HER CONDITION UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

THE ACCIDENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE ALABAMA STATE TROOPERS.