On Wednesday night, December 9, a child died following a single vehicle crash in Tuscaloosa County.

According to Alabama State Troopers the accident happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Ebenezer Church Road. A 2003 Nissan Xterra being driven by 34 year old Jeremy Franklin of Northport was driving and the unnamed 12 year old child was a passenger along with three others.

The vehicle left the road some 10 miles northeast of Northport for reasons as yet unknown, and left the road hitting several trees. The child, who was not wearing a seat belt was taken to the Children’s of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, where death was pronounced shortly after.

The driver was uninjured but the other three passengers were all taken to hospital for treatment where their current condition is unknown.

The wreck is still under investigation.

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Tuscaloosa police have announced that they are looking for a man who caused a fatal accident.

The accident happened on August 6, at the intersection of Helen Keller and University Boulevard. There was a multiple vehicle crash involving a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. In the vehicle were 40 year old Anthony Dewayne Wells and 29 year old Cleophus Henderson who both had to be extricated from the vehicle. Henderson died at the scene and Wells was taken to DCH Hospital for treatment and released.

The Tuscaloosa Police Department’s Accident Reconstruction Unit (ARU) was called to process the scene and a witness said Wells was travelling at a high rate of speed and ran a red light.

There is now a murder warrant out of Wells who is driving a a 2001 Gold Yukon with Alabama tag number 63GV765 and has “Keishonda” tattooed on his stomach. Police are asking for the public’s help in finding Wells who remains at large.

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On Saturday afternoon, July 16, four people were killed in a two vehicle crash near Winterboro in Talladega County.

According to Alabama State troopers the accident happened at around 1.45 p.m.at the intersection of Highway 21 and Grist Mill Road on Alabama 21 four miles south of Talladega. The accident involved two vehicles, a 2014 Ford Expedition being driven by 38 year old Leiah Gatlin Watts of Munford and a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado driven by 75 year old Wiley Marsh Whitworth, of Talladega.

Watts was killed in the accident along with three passengers in the Expedition, 73 year old Evelyn Foshee Watts, of Munford, 73 year old Melda Faye Howard, of Lincoln, and 78 year old Mary Anna Burgess Adair, also of Lincoln. All were pronounced dead at the scene.

Another passenger in the Expedition, 44 year old Tammy McBurnett, of Lincoln, was transported to Citizens Hospital in Talladega. Whitworth was uninjured.

The accident is still under investigation.

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On Saturday evening, June 4 a two car accident resulted in the deaths of two people and one serious injury.

According to Alabama Law Enforcement, the accident happened at the intersection of Alabama 20 and Gargis Lane, three miles east of Muscle Shoals. Reports indicate that Betty Youngblood, aged 59, of Florence was driving a 1998 Ford on Gargis Lane when she attempted to turn onto Alabama 20 and collided with a 2008 Nissan SUV which was traveling west on Alabama 20, and was occupied by four teenagers from Tennessee.

Youngblood was taken to Huntsville Hospital, where she is listed in serious condition in the neurological intensive care unit. Her two passengers were 68 year old Willa Sue Melton who was taken to Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence and then transferred to UAB Birmingham where she later died and 56 year old Debra Pendergrass Jones of Florence who was taken to Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffied where she also died.

The driver of the Nissan, 18 year old Collin Waldron, 18, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, was taken to Helen Keller Hospital, where he was admitted and later released, and his three passengers who were all aged 18 and all from Dyersburg; Zac Wilson, Deandra Caldwell and Tyler Carson, were also taken to Helen Keller Hospital and treated and released.

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On Friday, April 8 there was a two vehicle accident which left a teen dead.

According to Fultondale police the accident happened at about 10 p.m. when Jamie Devlin was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze east along Carson Road. Another vehicle heading westbound crossed the center line and hit the Chevy.

Both Devlin and his nephew, 19 year old Dakota Michael “Cody” Cole who was the front seat passenger, were taken to UAB Hospital where Cole went to the Intensive Care Unit and later died there on April 19. Devlin is now recovering from his injuries.

Cole was known as “Big Country” by his friends and was a 2015 graduate of Pinson Valley High School.

The driver of the other vehicle was also hospitalized, but is expected to recover.

The crash remains under investigation.

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Early on Wednesday morning, March 16, a car collided with a horse on Eastern Valley Road in McAdory leaving the car driver seriously injured.

According to McAdory Fire and Rescue Chief, Jeff Wyatt, the accident happened around 3:15 a.m. The driver was driving a Honda Accord and was traveling down Eastern Valley Road and hit the horse near Burchfield Loop Road. The horse went through the windshield and the driver is now in serious condition with head injuries at University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham. The driver’s current condition is unknown.

The horse did not survive the incident and was covered with a tarp while authorities tried to discover the name of the owner of the horse and try and figure out how to remove it from the scene.

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On Monday evening, January 11 two people were killed in a two vehicle crash in Blount County.

According to Alabama State Troopers the accident happened shortly after 5.30 p.m. on Alabama 75 about two miles south of Oneonta near the 23 mile marker. A 1999 Ford Mustang being driven by 52 year old Robert Eugene Marsh of Oneonta, for reasons as yet unknown, crossed the median and crashed head on into a 2006 Chrysler van being driven by 68 year old Nelson Dehaven Byess of the Gallant area of Blount County, which was traveling in the opposite direction.

According to the Blount County Coroner, both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene.

Troopers are still investigating the accident and awaiting the results of toxicology tests to see whether alcohol or drugs were factors in the wreck.

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According to a report which looks at data from the Federal Highway Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration there is a major difference between each state and the likelihood of being killed in a traffic accident.

Alabama is the fifth most dangerous state in the country when it comes to driving and is only beaten by West Virginia, North Dakota, Mississippi and Montana, the latter has the misfortune to be the most dangerous state in the country with each member of the population having a one in 4,880 chance of being killed on the road.

In Alabama there is a population of a little under five million with just under four million drivers. The chances of being involved in a fatal car crash are one in 2,889 drivers with the chances of actually being killed at one in 5,673. In 2013 there were 852 deaths on the road including drivers, passengers, pedestrians and cyclists.

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Late on Wednesday night, November 11, a Birmingham school bus driver was killed.

According to Birmingham police, the accident happened around midnight near Center Street at 11th Court West when a fellow police officer was responding to a call in his patrol car. He entered the intersection and collided with another vehicle which was traveling east on 11th Court West.

The other vehicle was being driven by 45 year old Steven Tooson of Center point and he and his female passenger had to be extricated from their vehicle. Toosen died at the scene shortly before 12.30 a.m. and the female passenger and the police officer were both taken to UAB Hospital where they are both expected to survive.

Tooson is survived by four teenage children who lost their mother to cancer one year ago this month.

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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, around 25% of all road vehicle related fatalities involved just one single vehicle and the majority are due to over corrections following a lack of concentration when the vehicle drifts out of its lane or onto the pavement.

Over correcting due to a panic situation almost always causes the vehicle to spin, or flip over, or go into oncoming traffic. If the driver stays calm and corrects the vehicle properly without over correcting it is unlikely there will be an accident.

Should it happen to you, that you find two wheels have left the road and have gone onto a pavement or a verge, take your foot of the gas pedal, keep the steering wheel straight and allow the vehicle to slow by itself. Once it has slowed then carefully and gently steer back onto the road.

It is best not to use the brake, but if you have ABS and you need to brake urgently to avoid an accident then you can use it but remember to ensure the steering wheel is straight before hitting the brake pedal and before releasing it too.

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