Jul 1, 2026 | By Fob James, IV | Read Time: 6 minutes
Railroad crossing with warning gates and signal lights in Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, where a fatal train and pickup truck collision occurred Alabama Accident News

Two Men Killed When Amtrak Train Strikes Pickup Truck at Bessemer Railroad Crossing | Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Accident News Two men were killed Tuesday evening when an Amtrak passenger train struck their pickup truck at a railroad crossing in Bessemer. The fatal collision, which occurred at approximately 5:22 p.m. on June 30, 2026, at the crossing of 32nd Street and Carolina Avenue, claimed the lives of both occupants of the truck. The Bessemer Police Department...

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Jun 24, 2026 | By Fob James, IV | Read Time: 6 minutes
Dark four-lane highway at night in Lee County, Alabama, where a pedestrian was fatally struck by two vehicles on US-280 Alabama Accident News

Pedestrian Killed After Being Struck by Tractor-Trailer and Car on US-280 in Lee County, Alabama

Alabama Accident News | June 24, 2026 A pedestrian was killed Tuesday night after being struck by two separate vehicles — a tractor-trailer and a car — while walking in the roadway on U.S. Highway 280 in Lee County. The fatal crash, which occurred around 10:00 p.m. on June 23, 2026, approximately 13 miles northwest of Opelika, claimed the...

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Jun 14, 2026 | By Fob James, IV | Read Time: 6 minutes
Two-lane rural road in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, where a fatal three-vehicle motorcycle crash occurred on Eastern Valley Road Alabama Accident News

Motorcyclist Killed in Three-Vehicle Crash on Eastern Valley Road in Tuscaloosa County — Child Among Those Injured

Alabama Accident News | June 14, 2026 | Tuscaloosa County A motorcyclist from McCalla was killed in a three-vehicle collision on Eastern Valley Road in Tuscaloosa County on Saturday afternoon, and an 8-year-old child was among those injured. The fatal crash, which occurred near Woodstock shortly before 3:00 p.m. on June 13, 2026, involved a motorcycle, a passenger car,...

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Jun 12, 2026 | By Fob James, IV | Read Time: 6 minutes
Rural two-lane highway with double yellow center line in Etowah County, Alabama, where a fatal head-on collision occurred on US-411 Alabama Accident News

Fatal Head-On Collision on US-411 in Etowah County Kills Woman, Injures Two Others Including Vestavia Hills Driver

A woman was killed and two other people — including a Vestavia Hills resident — were injured in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 411 in Etowah County on Monday afternoon. The fatal crash, which occurred near Anderson Road at approximately 2:55 p.m. on June 8, 2026, claimed the life of a 73-year-old passenger and sent both drivers to...

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Jun 1, 2026 | By Fob James, IV | Read Time: 7 minutes
Alabama Accident News

Fatal Street Racing Crash on Airport Boulevard in Mobile Kills Woman | Driver Charged with Manslaughter After Racing at 119 MPH

A woman was killed on Airport Boulevard in Mobile when a driver racing at nearly 120 miles per hour slammed into her vehicle, according to court records filed in connection with a manslaughter charge against the driver. The fatal crash, which occurred in the early morning hours of May 14, 2026, on one of Mobile’s busiest commercial corridors, has...

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May 27, 2026 | By Fob James, IV | Read Time: 6 minutes
Alabama Accident News

Fatal Bicycle Crash on Highway 14 Near Selma Kills Cyclist Struck by Sedan in Pre-Dawn Darkness

A cyclist was tragically killed early Tuesday morning after the bicycle he was riding was struck by a sedan on Alabama Highway 14 in Dallas County, approximately two miles west of Selma. The fatal crash, which occurred in complete darkness around 4:00 a.m. on a rural stretch of highway with no lighting infrastructure, has raised urgent questions about driver...

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May 25, 2026 | By Fob James, IV | Read Time: 6 minutes
Intersection on Highway 119 near Hoover Alabama Accident News

Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash on Highway 119 Near Hoover Kills Teen Driver and Injures Three Others

A two-vehicle collision on Alabama Highway 119 near Hoover on Sunday afternoon killed a teenage driver and sent three other people — including a second teenager — to area hospitals with injuries. The fatal crash, which occurred shortly after 2:00 p.m. near the 26-mile marker approximately two miles south of Hoover in Shelby County, has left a community grieving...

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May 8, 2026 | By Fob James, IV | Read Time: 6 minutes
Alabama Accident News

Jemison Man, 31, Killed in Head-On Crash Between Two Commercial Trucks in Leeds, Alabama

(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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May 7, 2026 | By Fob James, IV | Read Time: 6 minutes
Alabama Accident News

Anniston Woman Killed After Being Struck by Freightliner Tractor-Trailer on US-431 in Calhoun County, Alabama

(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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Apr 25, 2026 | By Fob James, IV | Read Time: 6 minutes
Alabama Accident News

Birmingham College Student Killed in Wrong-Way Head-On Crash on I-65 in Pelham — One Day After His 20th Birthday

(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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