Father, 50, and son, 22, killed in head-on collision with each other Alabama

Father, 50, and son, 22, killed in head-on collision with each other

Jeffrey Morris Brasher, 50, and Austin Blaine Brasher, 22, were killed in a head-on car collision with each other 

Alabama state troopers said alcohol is a factor in the fatal car crash 

The father's Ford pickup collided with his son's Chevrolet

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father and son have been killed in a head-on collision with each other in Fayette County, Alabama.

Alabama state troopers say alcohol is a factor in the crash that killed 50-year-old Jeffrey Morris Brasher and 22-year-old Austin Blaine Brasher. They both lived in Bankston, about 67 miles west of Birmingham.

roopers say the crash occurred around 4.10am on Saturday on Fayette County 49, one mile west of Winfield, when the 2006 Ford pickup the elder Brasher was driving collided with his son's 2004 Chevrolet. 

Neither man was wearing a seatbelt, Al.com reported. 

Jeffrey Brasher was pronounced dead at the scene. Austin Brasher was transported to UAB Hospital in Birmingham where he died at 9.18am.

Troopers continue to investigate the cause of the crash.

One family member, Jennifer Brasher, took to Facebook to express her distress at the death's of Jeffrey and Austin.

Posting a link to her timeline, she asked 'Can this all be just a dream?'.