Cedric L. Peebles drove a 2015 GMC Yukon down Alabama Highway 239 on a Saturday afternoon. Vincent J.T. Devose rode in the passenger seat. They were about one mile west of Clayton in Barbour County when things went wrong at 2:45 p.m. on October 10, 2026.
The Yukon left the roadway. It hit a road sign hard. Then the vehicle flipped over. It smashed into a tree right after that. Both men took fatal injuries right there.
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency troopers got to the scene fast. They found Cedric, 37, from Union Springs, already dead. Vincent, 26, from Clayton, was dead too. Neither one had on a seat belt.
Cedric lived in Union Springs. He was 37 years old. Vincent called Clayton home and was just 26. Their lives stopped on that stretch of highway in Barbour County.
The wreck was a single-vehicle deal. No other cars got involved. Troopers from the Highway Patrol Division keep looking into what caused the Yukon to leave the road.
Families in Union Springs and Clayton lost two men that day. The damaged Yukon sat by the tree as a clear sign of how quick it all ended.
Investigators have not shared more details yet. The basic facts stay the same. Two men without seat belts died after the SUV left Alabama Highway 239 and hit that tree.
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