February 7, 2009
A 29 year old Arab motorcyclist was killed Saturday afternoon in a collision involving the motorcycle that he was driving and a farm tractor towing a large manure spreader.  Jeremy Blake Goss, of 139 Lexington Drive, Arab, died instantly from the injuries sustained in the accident.  The accident occurred at the intersection of New Friendship Road and Mobb Hill Road near Friendship Baptist Church.

Jason Tidmore, driver of the John Deere tractor, was traveling North on New Friendship toward Union Grove and was making a left turn onto Mobb Hill Road.  Goss was head South on New Friendship Rd when the motorcycle slammed into the spreader.  Tidmore was not injured.

The accident is being investigated by Alabama State Troopers.  Arab Police, Arab Fire & Rescue, and Union Grove Volunteer Fire Department assisted with the accident scene.