SHELBY COUNTY, AL. (THECOUNT) — Kentucky resident, Janice Manning, 71, and Georgia residents, Jacqueline Walters, 35, and Debbie Decker, 58, have been identified as the victims in a fiery triple-fatal crash near Alabaster, AL, on Saturday.
“All died from thermal burns,” Shelby County Coroner Lina Evans told local reporters Sunday night.
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Two of the victims were transported to UAB Hospital and the third was transported to Shelby Baptist Medical Center following the crash, which involved four vehicles, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Two other people were injured in the wreck, which snarled traffic for hours as traffic was diverted at I-65 Exit 239 in Alabaster Saturday afternoon, but their names were not released. source
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Twitter/@ALEAprotects:
Birmingham- Troopers are investigating a fatal crash north bound [sic] I-65 at the 241 mile marker. North lanes will be shut down for an undermined [sic] amount of time. Traffic is being diverted north at the Alabaster exit 239 mile marker. Please be patient.
Birmingham- Troopers are investigating a fatal crash north bound I-65 at the 241 mile marker. North lanes will be shut down for an undermined amount of time. Traffic is being diverted north at the Alabaster exit 239 mile marker. Please be patient.
— Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (@ALEAprotects) October 27, 2018