Troopers Investigating Fatality Wreck Near Bay Minette

By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

August 12, 2026

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. A multi-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 11:06 a.m. Monday, August. 3, 2026, has claimed the of an Atmore man.

Local emergency services including firefighters and EMS, along with law enforcement responded to the wreck.

The crash occurred on U.S. 31 near the 23-mile marker, approximately one mile north of the Bay Minette city limits, in Baldwin County.

James H. Archie, 66, was critically injured when the 2013 Hyundai Sonata he was driving struck the 2005 Honda CRV driven by Logan B. Holcomb, 26, of Milton, Fla. After the initial impact, the Sonata then struck the 2004 Nissan Pathfinder driven by Katrina M. Brown, 53, of Fairhope.

Archie was transported to University (USA) Hospital in Mobile, where he later succumbed to injuries and was pronounced deceased. Brown was also injured and was transported to North Baldwin Hospital in Bay Minette for medical treatment.

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

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