(Pelham / Shelby County, Alabama — April 25, 2026) – A Birmingham college student was tragically killed in a devastating wrong-way head-on collision on Interstate 65 in Pelham in the early morning hours of Friday, April 24, 2026 — just one day after his 20th birthday. Jesse Southard, a college freshman from Birmingham, was traveling northbound in the correct...
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A drowsy truck driver is as dangerous as a drunk one. Studies have shown that going 20 hours without sleep produces impairment equivalent to a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08% (the legal limit for non-commercial drivers). For truck drivers hauling 80,000-pound rigs down I-65 or I-20/59 at highway speeds, fatigue-impaired reaction times and judgment can be catastrophic. That is...
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(Trussville / Jefferson County, Alabama — April 16, 2026) – David Eugene Dobbs, 68, a beloved Hewitt-Trussville High School track and cross country coach inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame, was tragically killed Wednesday morning in a multi-vehicle crash involving a commercial vehicle on Interstate 59 southbound in Trussville. His wife, Anita Dobbs, a former...
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(St. Clair County, Alabama — April 14, 2026) – An 81-year-old Homewood man was tragically killed Monday evening after the vehicle he was driving struck a large commercial Isuzu truck on U.S. Highway 231 in St. Clair County, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. The crash occurred approximately six miles west of Pell City, and Charles Wade was...
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(Cullman County, Alabama — April 13, 2026) – An Arab, Alabama couple in their 70s and 80s were both killed Sunday evening when the vehicle they were traveling in was struck by a Peterbilt tractor-trailer on Alabama Highway 91 in Cullman County. The crash, which occurred near the rural community of Holly Pond, claimed the life of the husband...
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(Birmingham / Jefferson County, Alabama — April 13, 2026) – A 64-year-old Pleasant Grove man and longtime member of a Birmingham motorcycle club was tragically killed Saturday night when an unknown SUV struck his motorcycle on Interstate 59 northbound near the Arkadelphia Road exit and fled the scene without stopping. The Birmingham Police Department is actively investigating the hit-and-run...
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⚠ UPDATE — April 17, 2026 This post has been updated to reflect a fourth fatality confirmed in the days following the April 11 crash. Brynleigh Pledger, 7, the twin sister of Bryleigh Pledger, died on Tuesday, April 15, after being taken off life support at Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham. Her family announced that her prognosis was unsurvivable...
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(Trussville / Jefferson County, Alabama — April 1, 2026) – A 27-year-old Gadsden man has tragically died after his vehicle struck the rear of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 59 within the Trussville city limits late Monday night, authorities report. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating the fatal crash, which claimed the life of the driver after he was...
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(Tuscaloosa County, Alabama — March 22, 2026) – Two young women were tragically killed and three others injured in a violent head-on collision on US Highway 43 in Tuscaloosa County in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 21, 2026. The crash, which involved three vehicles and claimed the lives of a 20-year-old and a 19-year-old, is now under...
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Every year, hundreds of Americans are killed in one of the most preventable and least publicized types of truck crashes: underride accidents. When a passenger car slides beneath a tractor-trailer, the results are almost always catastrophic. The roof is sheared off. Occupants suffer fatal or life-altering injuries. And in too many cases, families are left asking why nothing was...
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