Overview
- Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol Division are investigating and have not released a cause.
- The Nov. 10 collision occurred around 5:30–5:35 a.m. on U.S. 82 near Maplesville, where both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene.
- Owens was driving a 2019 Chevrolet Camaro that collided head-on with a Toyota Tundra driven by Justin E. Carlee, 42.
- Huntingdon head coach Mike Turk said the team returned to practice to prepare for Belhaven as a way to honor Owens.
- The Tuscaloosa native was a junior defensive lineman listed at 6-foot-2 and 235 pounds, recorded 10 tackles in five games, was recently baptized, and was honored by the community with a balloon release.