Alabama updates tagged with 'Motor Vehicle Accidents'

A 53-year-old business woman from Fairhope was injured in a car accident on Wednesday morning. Her injuries were very serious and she was taken by medical helicopter to University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile for treatment. Her daughter was also in the car and her injuries were not serious.The woman was heading west on Gayfer Avenue at 10:56 a.m., and was going through the Greeno...

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Two people were injured, one seriously, in a single-car accident in Auburn late Monday. The accident happened on Webster Road near an embankment. The car overturned and slid down the embankment. The vehicle had left the road while traveling between Pumphrey Avenue and Bellwood Place and struck a utility pole, according to Capt. Tom Stofer of the Auburn Police Division. The driver of the car...

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A two vehicle accident, Monday, claimed two lives and left four others injured.There have been 78 Alabama traffic fatalities reported in 2008 so far this year. At this time in 2007, there were 95 reported accidents.Lawrence County Coroner's Office pronounced two men - 39, of Hartselle and 39, of Decatur - dead at the scene, according to Decatur State Troopers.The driver, a man, 60, of Crane Hill...

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A Marbury High School student, 18, was killed in a car accident when his vehicle went into an intersection in front of an oncoming log truck, said the Alabama Department of Public Safety. The passenger, a sophomore, 15, is in critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery at Baptist Medical Center."It went through my mind that this can't be happening again," said Marbury High School...

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A Mobile woman, 27, died from injuries she suffered in a car accident, on Friday, when the car she was driving overturned.The woman was ejected from her automobile, although authorities have confirmed she was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, reported a spokesman for Saraland Police Department.She was traveling alone in her Honda Accord when it flipped several times on her way home...

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An 18-year-old driver was killed after driving his car into a tree. The car accident happened early on Saturday morning. It is unknown why he lost control of the vehicle.The victim was traveling westbound on Bradley Boulevard toward Wilson Lane. When he approached Brite Drive police say he lost control of his 2001 Jaguar and struck a tree.The car was found in a yard of a home on the street. ...

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A man was killed in a car accident that ended on the lawn at Calhoun Community College. The victim was from Decatur and was driving his car on Highway 31 early Thursday morning. He lost control of his vehicle and crashed.They say he crossed both southbound lanes, hit the ditch in the middle of the road, and the car started to flip over. Then the car continued to cross the northbound lanes...

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A car accident, Monday night, claimed the life of a Belulah woman, 44. Officials say the accident occurred at about 6:30 p.m. on Lee Road 375. The woman died instantly from head injuries she suffered when she apparently lost control of her car and was ejected from the vehicle.The car tumbled from the force of the accident and landed on top of her, crushing her. She was pronounced dead by the...

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A 52-year-old man was severly injured in a bicycle accident in Montgomery on Tuesday. He was struck by a car on U.S. Highway 31. The victim is from Letohatchee. He was airlifted from the scene of the accident to Baptist South Hospital. Several agencies responded to the scene including the Pintlala Fire Department, State Troopers and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department. It is unknown...

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A bicyclist suffered life threatening injuries in a car accident, Tuesday night, when his bike was struck by a car.The man, 52, of Letohatchee, was said to be unconscious and unresponsive when officials arrived on the scene. He was transported by Air Evac to Baptist Hospital South for medical treatment. He is now listed in stable condition. The man was hit by the car, on U.S. Highway 31, near...

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Two Alabama residents were killed in separate motor vehicle accidents in Escambia and Mobile counties on Christmas Day.A man, 40, of Mobile county died in a one vehicle accident that troopers believe may have been alcohol related, while a woman, 60, of Repton died in a two-car crash on Interstate 65, according to troopers.In the first accident the man was traveling west on Russell Road when his...

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A car accident in Athens, Alabama killed one person and injured two others on Christmas Day. The two-car crash happened on U.S. 72 and one of the cars caught on fire. The victim's body could not be recognized. Limestone County Coroner Mike West said Tuesday that traffic-homicide investigators did find identification in the deceased driver's 1991 Buick, but authorities would not release a...

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A car accident, on Tuesday, claimed the life of a Geneva man while also injuring three of his passengers, according to Alabama State Troopers.The accident occurred on Geneva County Road 58 just after 8:10 pm, according to a news release by state troopers.The accident involved a 1998 Ford F150 pickup truck and a 1995 Dodge Neon driven by a man, 39, of Geneva. The driver of the Neon was not...

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A car accident, on Thursday, claimed the lives of three high school cheerleaders and injured four others on their way home from practice. The accident occurred when the driver lost control of the vehicle, left the two-way highway and struck a tree and went over an embankment. Officials say it appears the driver was distracted.The Blount County coroner said, the girls were laughing and singing...

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An unidentified man was hurt in a car accident on a Montgomery highway earlier today. He was driving a car on Interstate 370 in Montgomery County. He drove off the road and hit a tractor that was parked in the grass. The car struck a grass-cutting tractor, which was unoccupied, and caught fire, according to John McDonough, a spokesman for Maryland State Police. Grass and brush also caught...

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