St. Clair, AL – Two Killed, 4-Year-Old Injured in Crash on I-20
St. Clair, AL (February 13, 2021) – Two people died and a 4-year-old child was injured during a two-car collision on Friday, February 12th in St. Clair County.
According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the accident took place at about 10:30 p.m. in the westbound lanes of Interstate 20 when police attempted to pull over a vehicle that was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of the interstate.
The wrong-way vehicle collided head-on with a passenger car killing both drivers and injuring a 4-year-old child.
The child was transported via ambulance to Children’s Hospital in Birmingham for emergency medical treatment.
This accident is under investigation by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Highway Patrol Division.
We would like to offer our condolences to the family of the deceased victims. Our thoughts are with the injured party. We hope for a full recovery.
Fatal Car Accidents St. Clair
Collisions between motor vehicles are a common experience throughout the United States. In Alabama, one person suffers some type of crash-related injury every 11 minutes. The odds of the occupant of any vehicle being severely injured or dying in an Alabama car accident are greater than 34%.
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