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Truck Driver Sustains Minor Injuries in I-59 Crash

(Birmingham, AL, Feb. 15, 2021) — A semi-truck driver was ejected from the cab when his truck slid off I-59 on Monday afternoon. The Birmingham Fire and Rescue Department responded to the crash scene around 4:00 PM. The truck driver sustained only minor injuries, according to the authorities. No other vehicles or individuals were involved in the crash. The...

Crash Kills One, Leaves 1,300 Without Electricity

(Mobile, AL, Feb. 16, 2021) — A single-car crash on Airport and Snow Road killed a Mobile woman on Tuesday night. Holly Duval, 34, died when she drove her Toyota 4Runner off the road and hit a tree. Authorities arrived at the crash scene—about four miles west of Mobile—around 9:30 PM. Police pronounced Duval dead at the scene.  The...

Three Dead After Three Separate Crashes on Monday in Birmingham

(Birmingham, AL, Feb. 8, 2021) — The Jefferson County Coroner confirmed that three people died due to three separate car crashes on February 8. The crashes all involved less than two vehicles. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating all three incidents. The first crash occurred on 1st Avenue in Birmingham at 7:30 AM on Monday. The single-vehicle crash...

Man Dies After Driving Car into a Tree

(Jasper, AL, Feb. 15, 2021) — A local man died after driving his car off the road on Monday evening. William Perry, a 39-year-old from Jasper, crashed his 2020 Honda Accord into a tree on North Walston Bridge Road. Alabama State Troopers report that Perry died at the crash scene just after 6:30 PM. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency...

Head-on Collision Near Florida State Line Kills Two

(Baldwin County, AL, Feb. 7, 2021) — Two people died in a head-on crash on I-10 early Sunday morning. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency confirmed that 21-year-old Amberly Noel Montgomery and 24-year-old Paiton Brianna Goodwin died in the two-vehicle collision. Both Montgomery and Goodwin were from Mobile. The crash occurred around 4:00 AM on Sunday near mile marker 60...

Hit-and-Run Leaves 32-Year-Old Man Dead

(Birmingham, AL, Feb. 6, 2021) — A Hoover man died after being struck by a vehicle on southbound I-499 on Saturday night. Blake Berry Jr., 32, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The vehicle that struck Berry fled the scene and has not been identified. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officers reported that they believe the collision...

One Dead After Crash on I-65

(Millbrook, AL, Jan. 28, 2021) — One person died in a collision on I-65 on Thursday afternoon. The crash occurred near Millbrook and involved three vehicles. The deceased individual, whom authorities identified as Dustin Knight, crashed his Ford F-150 into a semi-truck and then a Volvo. Knight was not wearing a seat belt when he died. The Volvo’s driver,...

Birmingham Police Develop New Lead in October Hit-and-Run

(Birmingham, AL, Jan. 25, 2021) — On October 6, 2020, a multi-vehicle crash on the I-59/20 and I-65 interchange killed commercial truck driver Charles Eugene Pearce Jr. Pearce was driving south on I-65 around 5:00 PM on the day of the crash. His truck was hit from the side and sent off the I-65 ramp onto I-59/20. The I-65...

Crash in Toney Leaves Woman Dead

(Madison County, AL, Jan. 22, 2021) — A crash on January 22 killed a 79-year-old Ardmore woman. The crash occurred around 6:15 PM at Wall Triana Highway and Pulaski Pike in Madison County. Gertrude Sloan, the deceased, was a passenger in the Honda Accord that was struck by another vehicle in the intersection. The Honda’s driver, Joe Daniel Mitchell,...

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