Montgomery , AL
The Montgomery Police Department is investigating an afternoon car crash involving three pedestrians that resulted in one death and two non-life-threatening injuries.
On Tuesday, October 31, around 11:30 a.m., Montgomery Police and Fire Medics responded to the 4000 block of Atlanta Highway in reference to three pedestrians being struck by a vehicle.
Leo Fournier, 62, of Montgomery, sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to Jackson Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The two other adult male pedestrians were transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the vehicle, a 2005 Buick LaSabre, was not injured and was taken into custody with charges pending. He was drunk of on drugs as he was driving the wrong-way.
MPD’s investigation indicates that the Buick LaSabre was traveling the wrong way in the Eastbound lanes of Atlanta Highway when it left the roadway and struck the three pedestrians who were part of a survey crew with the Alabama Department of Transportation.
MPD’s investigation is continuing and no further information is available for release at this time.
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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) -
One of the three Alabama Department of Transportation employees struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning on Atlanta Highway has died, according to the Montgomery Police Department.
The victim, identified as 62-year-old Leo Fournier of Montgomery, was pronounced dead at Jackson Hospital.
Fournier and two other men were hit on Atlanta Highway near Dalraida Road around 11:30 a.m. The other two victims are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
A Buick LaSabre was traveling the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of Atlanta Highway when it left the roadway and hit the men, police say. The driver of the Buick was taken into custody and charges are pending, police say.
According to ALDOT, Fournier was an engineering assistant and had worked for ALDOT for about eight years.
The other two men are also engineering assistants.
“The ALDOT family is in mourning over the loss of an employee who was loved by his family and his co-workers, and our prayers are with his family and with our other employees who were injured,” said ALDOT spokesman Tony Harris. “I hope this serves as a reminder that safe roadways start with safe drivers. Everyone needs to take their responsibilities seriously behind the wheel.”