Monday, January 26, 2015

A DOWNTOWN COLLISION BETWEEN AN FORD EXPLORER AND A TUSCALOOSA CITY TRASH TRUCK SENT BOTH DRIVERS TO THE HOSPITAL MONDAY IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, WHEN THE FORD RUN A STOP SIGN




A DOWNTOWN COLLISION BETWEEN AN FORD EXPLORER AND A TUSCALOOSA CITY TRASH TRUCK SENT BOTH DRIVERS TO THE HOSPITAL MONDAY IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, WHEN THE FORD RUN A STOP SIGN



January 26, 2015

Tuscaloosa, Alabama:
 
A downtown collision between and SUV and a Tuscaloosa city trash truck sent both drivers to the hospital Monday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Sgt. Brent Blankley, spokesman for the Tuscaloosa Police Department, said the wreck at the intersection of 28th Avenue and Seventh Street occurred when the driver of a Ford Explorer ran the westbound stop sign Seventh Street and struck the Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation's trash truck.

The impact in front of Hodges Chiropractic Center caused the trash truck to strike a tree and overturn, spilling its contents of vegetative debris onto 28th Avenue.

Police were summoned at about 12:25 p.m.

Both drivers were taken by ambulance to DCH Regional Medical Center, but officials at the scene said neither driver sustained life-threatening injuries.