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Manchester man dies in collision with boulder near Scottsboro

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A single-vehicle crash Tuesday in Jackson County, Ala., claimed the life of a Manchester, Tenn., man when his motorcycle left the road and crashed into a boulder, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials said.

Michael C. Smith, 42, was killed when the Honda motorcycle he was riding left the roadway and struck a boulder along Jackson County Road 67, about two miles south of Scottsboro, said Curtis Summerville, spokesman for the state agency. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash happened at 7 a.m. CDT, Summerville said.