Motorcyclist Succumbs to Injuries Sustained in Dauphin Island Wreck

By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

April 15, 2026

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 12:35 p.m. Sunday, April 12, 2026, has claimed the life of a Mobile man.

David E. Hopkins, 75, of Mobile, was fatally injured when the 2006 Harley-Davidson Night Train motorcycle he was driving was struck in the rear by the 2014 Ford Flex driven by Kayla A. Sauer, 28, of Dixon, Mo.

Hopkins was transported to USA University Hospital in Mobile for medical treatment. Hopkins succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased while at the hospital.

The crash occurred on Alabama 193 near the 7-mile marker, approximately four miles north of the Dauphin Island city limits, in Mobile County.

Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.

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