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9 children, 1 adult killed in Alabama crash: 'The most horrific accident in Butler County history' [View all]
Hat tip, ABC News, but I couldn't get the station to come in.
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9 children, 1 adult killed in Alabama crash: ‘The most horrific accident in Butler County history’
Updated Jun 20, 2021; Posted Jun 19, 2021
By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com and Jeremy Gray | jgray@al.com
A crash on Interstate 65 in Butler County Saturday killed 10 people, nine of them ranging in age from 9-months-old to teenagers. ... Those killed were in a Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch vehicle and a small SUV, said Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock. The vehicles involved in the crash were thought to have hydroplaned, officials said.
A father and 9-month-old girl were killed one vehicle and the other eight victims were in the Girls Ranch vehicle, Garlock said.
The victims in the SUV were identified as Cody Fox, 29, and Ariana Fox. They were travelling from Marion County, Tennessee. Garlock said it appeared Cody Fox worked for the emergency management agency in his home county. ... Cody Fox was pronounced dead on the scene; Ariana died at the Regional Medical Center in Greenville.
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9 children, 1 adult killed in Alabama crash: ‘The most horrific accident in Butler County history’
Updated Jun 20, 2021; Posted Jun 19, 2021
By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com and Jeremy Gray | jgray@al.com
A crash on Interstate 65 in Butler County Saturday killed 10 people, nine of them ranging in age from 9-months-old to teenagers. ... Those killed were in a Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch vehicle and a small SUV, said Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock. The vehicles involved in the crash were thought to have hydroplaned, officials said.
A father and 9-month-old girl were killed one vehicle and the other eight victims were in the Girls Ranch vehicle, Garlock said.
The victims in the SUV were identified as Cody Fox, 29, and Ariana Fox. They were travelling from Marion County, Tennessee. Garlock said it appeared Cody Fox worked for the emergency management agency in his home county. ... Cody Fox was pronounced dead on the scene; Ariana died at the Regional Medical Center in Greenville.
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The NTSB, in coordination with the Alabama Highway Patrol, is sending 10 investigators to conduct a safety investigation of the fatal June 19, 2021, multi-vehicle crash on I-65, in Butler County, Alabama.
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9 children and one adult dead after pileup crash on I-65 in Butler County, Alabama
Nine children and one adult were killed.
WVTM Updated: 1:31 PM CDT Jun 20, 2021
BUTLER COUNTY, Ala. —UPDATE Sunday afternoon:
The Butler County Coroner said the horrific crash happened during a rain storm when a vehicle hydroplaned on the bridge near the 138 mile marker in northbound lanes of I-65.
This caused a chain reaction involving up to 15 vehicles. Since it was on a small bridge there was nowhere for the cars to go except forward into other vehicles,
A bus belonging to the Alabama Sheriff Youth Services caught fire in the crash. It was carrying 8 children from ages 4-17 and one adult, who was driving.
A bystander was able to pull the driver out to safety. Then he went back to try to rescue the children but the fire and smoke was too much and he could not help them. All the children perished at the scene.
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Anyone with photos or videos related to the crash is asked to submit those photos or videos to media.relations@alea.gov or share on Twitter @aleaprotects.
AL.com’s Leada Gore contributed to this report.
Nine children and one adult were killed.
WVTM Updated: 1:31 PM CDT Jun 20, 2021
BUTLER COUNTY, Ala. —UPDATE Sunday afternoon:
The Butler County Coroner said the horrific crash happened during a rain storm when a vehicle hydroplaned on the bridge near the 138 mile marker in northbound lanes of I-65.
This caused a chain reaction involving up to 15 vehicles. Since it was on a small bridge there was nowhere for the cars to go except forward into other vehicles,
A bus belonging to the Alabama Sheriff Youth Services caught fire in the crash. It was carrying 8 children from ages 4-17 and one adult, who was driving.
A bystander was able to pull the driver out to safety. Then he went back to try to rescue the children but the fire and smoke was too much and he could not help them. All the children perished at the scene.
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Anyone with photos or videos related to the crash is asked to submit those photos or videos to media.relations@alea.gov or share on Twitter @aleaprotects.
AL.com’s Leada Gore contributed to this report.
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