MARCH 17, 2015
RUSSELL COUNTY, ALABAMA
Two young girls died Tuesday afternoon after the vehicle
they were riding in went out of control, burst into flames and crashed into a
tree off of Oswichee Road in Russell County.
The identities of the victims were not released but they
were pronounced dead at the scene at 6:13 p.m., said Russell County Coroner
Arthur Sumbry Jr. The bodies will be transported to the Department of Forensic
Sciences in Montgomery Wednesday for positive identification and an autopsy. No
ages were available on neither of the victims.
Sumbry said there were four occupants in the vehicle when it
went out control on the two-lane road also known as Highway 18, which goes from
Seale in the west to the Fort Mitchell area in the east.
Sumbry said both girls sustained some burns in the fire and
one was trapped inside the vehicle before she was freed.
Two other occupants were transported to the hospital in the
Columbus area for treatment.
The accident remains under investigation by Alabama Law
Enforcement Agency.
Source: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com