MACON COUNTY, AL. (THECOUNT) — Sarah E. Mills of Auburn, Alabama, has been identified as the victim in a Macon County crash involving a Franklin fire truck on Interstate 85 Friday morning.
Mills, 21, was killed near Franklin on Friday morning in a multi-vehicle crash that also seriously injured a Franklin volunteer firefighter.
According to reports, Mills was operating a Honda Civic on I-85 near Franklin, when she came into contact with a Franklin Volunteer Fire Department Ford F-350 and a Freightliner semi-tractor around 6 a.m. Friday.
The unnamed firefighter was transported to an area hospital after sustaining serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Mills was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.
The big-rig driver was uninjured.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Macon County is a county located in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,452. Its county seat is Tuskegee. Its name is in honor of Nathaniel Macon, a member of the United States Senate from North Carolina – Wikipedia.
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