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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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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 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, 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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Former University of Alabama football player, Siran Stacy, was involved in a horrific car accident, Tuesday, when a pickup truck struck the van he was driving. Six people were tragically killed in the accident including his wife and four of his children, according to State Troopers. The driver of the pickup truck was also killed in the crash.Stacy, 39, a star running back for Alabama during...

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This week marks the first annual National Teen Driver Safety Week, a designation by the U.S. Congress to raise awareness of the causes of many teen motor vehicle accidents that result in injury or death.Right now, vehicle crashes that involve teens are the leading cause of death for young people in our country. The sad facts are that more than 6,000 teens are killed in automobile crashes each...

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On the afternoon of Tuesday, August 7, eight people who were riding in two mini-vans were injured in a motor vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 231 near Dothan, Alabama, and one other person was injured in a separate accident nearby.Fortunately, none of the injuries were serious, and all the victims were treated at nearby hospitals. The DothanEagle.com reports the story.If you or someone you know...

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On Friday in Montgomery, a sport utility vehicle crashed head-on into a Greyhound bus. The motor vehicle accident caused fatal injuries for the SUV's driver and minor injuries for at least 36 passengers on the bus.The Associated Press reported that the SUV was going the wrong way on I-65 at just after 2 a.m. Just before the crash, police had been dispatched to pursue the SUV because it was going...

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In an unbelievable story, the Associated Press reports of an 11-year-old girl driving under the influence at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, crashing the vehicle and suffering minor injuries.It happened in Orange Beach, Alabama, where police began chasing a speeder at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. The girl driving the car sped up, collided with another car, and eventually flipped the vehicle,...

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The Press-Register reported yesterday on a two-car crash on Airport Boulevard near Newman Road in Mobile that injured five people, including an infant.The vehicles collided at about 10:20 a.m. Sunday when a man driving a 1991 Ford Mustang hit a 2000 Nissan Maxima while trying to make a turn.The injured included a 5-month-old boy, his mother, a 5-year-old girl, her mother and the man driving the...

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The Press-Register reported a deadly head-on collision that killed a Baldwin County woman on Thursday morning just south of Silverhill.The woman was driving on Baldwin County 55 at about 5:45 a.m., when her car crashed into another vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle was injured in the accident. Both drivers were reportedly wearing seatbelts, and the cause of the accident is under...

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