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NORTHPORT, Ala. (WIAT) — Police have released the identity of the man killed Sunday morning in a car accident on the Hugh Thomas Bridge between Tuscaloosa and Northport.

Jackson Allen Taylor, 22, of Prattville has been identified as the victim in the traffic accident that occurred on the Hugh Thomas Bridge over the Black Warrior River Sunday morning. According to the Northport Police Department, Taylor was traveling in the wrong direction, going north on the bridge’s southbound lane around 2 a.m. when he collided with a tanker truck. Taylor was pronounced dead on the scene

The accident is being investigated by the NPD’s Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team.