Tuesday, March 17, 2015

2 YOUNG GIRLS DIE IN FIERY CRASH ON OSWICHEE ROAD IN RUSSELL COUNTY, ALABAMA; 2 INJURED




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