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
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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.