Accidents that occured in Alabama or impacted Alabama residents.
A police officer in Trussville, Alabama, was hospitalized after a traffic accident. The officer was turning into the Trussville Police Department Patrol Operations Facility when he was struck from behind. He was taken to UAB with serious injuries but is conscious and alert.
One minor injury was reported in a school bus and truck accident in Birmingham. No children were on the bus.
A crash involving a commercial vehicle and train claimed the life of a 54-year-old truck driver in Lee County, Alabama. Yancey C. Stephens was fatally injured when his 2016 Mack tractor-trailer was struck by a CSX Train at a railroad crossing. The road will be closed for an extended period of time as authorities investigate the crash.
A 20-year-old man,Solomon Stipati, is dead following a motor vehicle accident in Fultondale, Alabama. Solomon Stipati, of Fultondale, was the driver of a motor vehicle involved in a collision with another motor vehicle. The cause and circumstances surrounding the wreck are being investigated by the Fultondale Police Department.
A 26-year-old woman has died as the result of a multiple-vehicle accident in Mobile. The victim, Bethany Pilot, was ejected from her vehicle and later died at the hospital. The accident occurred at the intersection of Schillinger Road and Howells Ferry Road.
A man is dead after a crash involving a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer in McCalla, Alabama. The driver of the pickup truck was pronounced dead after being transported to UAB West Hospital. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.
A Gurley man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 431 in Huntsville, Alabama. Michael Whitt, age 45, died after his vehicle struck another vehicle. One other person was injured in the wreck.
The Mobile Police Department has identified 19-year-old Hannah Mumme as the victim of a fiery fatal wreck that occurred in Mobile. Mumme was the sole occupant of the vehicle and died after the vehicle left the roadway and struck several objects before catching fire. The incident happened early Sunday morning.
A Georgia man was killed Tuesday in a fiery east Alabama crash. Alabama State Troopers identified the fatality victim as Kester Bruton. The wreck happened on Interstate 59, about five miles north of Attalla in Etowah County.
A traffic accident on Highway 165 in Fort Mitchell has claimed the life of a female and injured another. The female driver was pronounced dead on the scene, and a passenger was injured and transported to Piedmont. The cause of the crash is unknown.