Wellington man killed in friday crash

A Friday crash claimed the life of a Wellington man sending two other people to the hospital..  78 year old  J.D. Hudson, was pronounced dead at Regional Medical Center at 11:35 a.m. Friday morning from what coroner Pat  Brown said was blunt force trauma.  Alabama state troopers say that 78 year old Gerald Love,  of Alexandria, and 50 year old Kevin Hudson, of Wellington, were injured in the crash and taken to RMC for treatment.  The crash occurred at approximately near 10 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. 431 and Gladden Lane East. J.D. Hudson was the passenger of a 1996 maroon Buick while Kevin Hudson was the driver. The Buick collided head-on into the right side of a white, 1995 Chevrolet pick-up truck driven by Love.  Troopers are still investigating the cause of the accident.