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Jefferson County - A man was killed Saturday morning after jumping from an ambulance in Jefferson County and being hit by another car.
Alabama state troopers say 55-year-old Larry James Salter of Greenville was being taken by ambulance to Bryce Mental Hospital in Tuscaloosa. About 9:30am, he jumped out of the ambulance while it was on I-65 just north of Morris.
Salter was taken to UAB Hospital in Birmingham where he died. He was originally being transported by a Blount EMS ambulance.
Salter was hit by a 1999 Buick Century driven by Edith Joice of Hayden.
Joice was also injured and was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital.
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