Police release name of man killed in crash early Sunday in south Huntsville

An local man was killed when the vehicle he was driving wrecked early Sunday morning in south Huntsville, police said.

Huntsville Police spokesman Sgt. Mark Roberts identified the victim as Kendall Blake Murphree, 49, of Huntsville.

Roberts told HNW Murphree was southbound on Todd Mill Road around 3 a.m. when his pickup truck left the road, hit a guywire, then struck a tree head on.

Murphree was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim was not wearing a seatbelt and was alone in the truck, Roberts said.

He added investigators did not know if alcohol was a factor in the crash.