Trooper: Man killed in accident, traveling over 130 mph

LOXLEY, Ala. (WALA) - Alabama State Troopers said a man was killed in an accident while driving a reportedly stolen car when, instead of pulling over for a highway patrolman, he sped up to over 130 mph.

Joe Piggott with the Department of Public Safety said Troy Honeycutt, 34, was ejected after he lost control of the car on Highway 59, north of Loxley on Tuesday afternoon.

Piggott said the patrolman was running radar on the road when he spotted the Infiniti G35 driving over 90 mph. Authorities said when the trooper attempted to perform a traffic stop, Honeycutt increased his speed to 132 mph.

"Within seconds, the driver of the vehicle lost control in a sweeping left-hand curve, left the roadway and overturned after striking a culvert, a telephone pole and another vehicle parked at a residence," said Piggott in a release.

He said Honeycutt, who was apparently not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected and pronounced dead by coroners on the scene.

Linda Wilson lives at the home said she heard something that sounded like thunder and when she looked out her window she saw a cloud of dust and smoke. Her first thought, was of her daughter.

“I was looking for my daughter because she was supposed to be coming home from school at the same time walking right through here where he came through,” Wilson said.  

“I didn’t know where she was I was looking under the car and everywhere. She had a substitute bus driver so she was ten minuets late, thank God.”

Wilson said there are a lot of crashes on highway 59 but never any this close to home.  

Pigott said as troopers investigated the crash, they discovered that the vehicle had been reported as stolen with Key West, Fla. Police Department.