On Tuesday afternoon, August 4, a Northport woman was killed in a fatal car crash.
According to Alabama State Troopers the accident happened on Highway 43, 15 miles north of Northport in Tuscaloosa County at just after 2.45 p.m. in the afternoon. They went on to say that 45 year old Tonya Michelle Jones of the New Lexington community was driving a 2004 Ford Taurus on Highway 43 and she collided with a 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe being driven by 35 year old Peggy Sue Woolbright. The reasons for the collision are not yet known. Jones was pronounced dead at the scene and Woolbright, of Berry, Alabama was transported to the University of Alabama, Birmingham hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.
Jones is survived by three sons and a daughter.
Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate the accident and its cause.
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