THE COLBERT COUNTY, ALABAMA CORONER WAS KILLED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT MONDAY IN DOWNTOWN FLORENCE. ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, 39 YEAR-OLD CARLTON UTLEY DIED AFTER BEING PINNED BENEATH A TRAILER IN THE COURT STREET AREA NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA CAMPUS. AUTHORITIES INDICATE A FAMILY MEMBER DRIVING A PICKUP TRUCK AND PULLING A UTILITY TRAILER HAD DROPPED UTLEY OFF AT A RED LIGHT. THE DRIVER PROCEEDED TO DRIVE FORWARD MOMENTS LATER AND WAS UNAWARE THAT UTLEY WAS BETWEEN THE TRUCK AND TRAILER AT THE TIME. UTLEY WAS PULLED UNDER THE TRAILER AND DRAGGED ALMOST HALF A MILE BEFORE A PASSERBY FLAGGED DOWN THE DRIVER TO TELL HIM SOMETHING WAS BEING DRAGGED UNDER THE TRAILER. UTLEY WAS IN HIS THIRD TERM AS COUNTY CORONER. THE ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY FLORENCE POLICE.