Summer means freedom for Alabama teenagers — no school, long days, and the open road. But for parents across Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and every community in between, this season carries a risk that doesn’t show up on the calendar. Traffic safety experts call it the 100 Deadliest Days: the stretch from Memorial Day to Labor Day when fatal crashes...
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ArticlesAlabama’s interstate system is a vital artery for the American freight economy. Billions of dollars worth of goods travel through Birmingham every year on corridors that connect the Gulf Coast to the Midwest, and Atlanta to the Mississippi Delta. But the same highways that keep commerce moving like Interstate 65, Interstate 20, and Interstate 59 are also the corridors...
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Trucking AccidentsA fully loaded tractor-trailer can weigh up to 80,000 pounds. At that weight, everything depends on balance. When cargo is loaded unevenly, inadequately secured, or stacked beyond legal weight limits, the truck becomes a rolling hazard — one that can jackknife, roll over, or shed its load across a highway without warning. The stakes are not theoretical. Alabama recorded...
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(Leeds / Jefferson County, Alabama — May 8, 2026) – A 31-year-old Jemison man was tragically killed Thursday afternoon when the delivery truck he was driving was struck head-on by a second commercial truck at an intersection in Leeds. The Leeds Police Department is investigating the fatal two-vehicle collision, which occurred at the intersection of Thornton Avenue NE and...
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(Calhoun County, Alabama — May 7, 2026) – A 29-year-old Anniston woman was tragically struck and killed by a commercial Freightliner tractor-trailer on U.S. Highway 431 in Calhoun County Wednesday night, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. McKala S. Brasher was in the roadway when she was hit and was pronounced dead at the scene. The tractor-trailer was...
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(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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ArticlesA 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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