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Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Yahoo
Woman killed in semi-truck crash below Troy on Mother's Day
DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) — A Montgomery woman is dead after a crash near Brundidge on Mother's Day. ALEA identified the victim as 53-year-old Michelle Denise Johnson. According to Alabama State Troopers, Johnson was killed when the 2001 Honda Accord she was driving crashed into the trailer of a 2022 Volvo tractor-trailer, driven by a man from Southaven, Mississippi. Victims identified in deadly semi-truck crash in Houston County Troopers say that after Johnson crashed into the semi-truck, her car was hit by a 2018 Toyota Tacoma. Johnson was pronounced dead on the scene, and the driver of the Tacoma, a 57-year-old woman from Meridianville, was injured and taken to Southeast Health for treatment. The crash occurred on U.S. 231 near the 62-mile marker, near Brundidge. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Yahoo
3 dead after semi-truck crash in Houston County, coroner says
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) — Several people died after a crash involving a semi-truck occurred in eastern Houston County. Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd tells WDHN that 3 people died on the scene of the crash on Highway 84, near Gordon. Alabama State Troopers say a semi-truck and an SUV crashed on the highway Saturday afternoon. According to officials, it appears the SUV was crossing the highway when the semi-truck hit it. Stay with WDHN for updates. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Yahoo
Family mourns loss of Coden man killed in crash
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Family and friends are mourning the loss of a man killed in a crash one week ago. Family members say 40-year-old Jeffery Shaw overcame drug addiction to pull his life and family together. Family members say the Coden man was heading home, traveling south here along Dauphin Island Parkway when his life came to an abrupt end. The crash happened on this spot just a week ago. Family members describe Shaw as a loving father and grandfather who was selfless and had a great sense of humor and irreverent attitude about life. Alabama State Troopers Shaw's sedan and an SUV collided head-on, on DIP in south Mobile County around the 16-mile marker. Shaw was killed at the scene. The other driver was treated for injuries at a hospital. Family members say Shaw and his wife both overcame addiction and have been working to do the same for others. 'It was an inspiration to see that you could go from the lowest, the low to a respected human being that you admired,' said brother David Baker. He says Shaw helped him through addiction as well. 'He didn't care what time of day it was. What time of night it was if you needed him or if he knew you needed anything. He made sure that that was in the forefront of him,' said Baker. It's a heartbreaking loss for this family. 'And now he's not here. I don't have the person to help me do this. I don't have the encouragement anymore,' said Jeffery Shaw's wife Ladana. 'I keep having to push my feelings down, because if I let it go, I won't feel like I would be able to do any of this. Family members say Shaw leaves behind seven children and two grandchildren.I reached out to state troopers for more information this week–a spokesperson said they had no further information to release at this time and that this was an ongoing investigation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Bloody Sunday: Today marks 60 years since attack on Civil Rights marchers in Selma
Friday marks 60 years since 'Bloody Sunday,' a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights advocates, including late Congressman John Lewis, gathered for a peaceful march for voting rights in Selma. But that peace was shattered on the Edmund Pettus Bridge by Alabama State Troopers. 'They came toward us. Beating us with nightsticks, trampled by horses, releasing the tear gas. I thought I was gonna die on that bridge. I thought I saw death,' Lewis told Channel 2 Action News in 2015. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Lewis was hospitalized with a cracked skull. But the attack on the marchers bolstered support for the Voting Rights Act. Five months later, Johnson signed the act. 'We said it was worth it. The blood, the beatings, the jailing, it was all worth it,' Lewis said in 2015. Over the years, survivors and civil right leaders have gathered in Selma to walk across the bridge again as a reminder for what they went through. Lewis made a final trip across the bridge in March 2020, a few months before he died from pancreatic cancer. TRENDING STORIES: Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis key figures in Civil Rights movement Civil Rights icon Andrew Young reflects on his most memorable moments of the movement Key figure in civil rights movement, youngest 'Freedom Rider' honored after passing at 82 For the 60th anniversary this weekend, Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock says he will make the trip to Selma. 'Selma reminds us better than most places that unarmed truth and unconditional love as Dr. King used to say will have the last word,' Warnock told Channel 2 Action News. Warnock said he believes there is still work to do. 'We need every voice. That is fundamental truth of democracy in the first place. Every voice matters. We have to raise our voices not only at the polls, but after. We need to raise our voices now more than ever,' he said. There will events throughout the weekend in Selma and Montgomery. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Yahoo
Pensacola man dies after being hit by car in Baldwin County: ALEA
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A man from Pensacola is dead after Alabama State Troopers say he was hit by a car Monday night while walking on a county road. 1 shot, taken to hospital: Mobile police According to a news release from ALEA, 60-year-old Stanley Montgomery from Pensacola died when he was hit by a car Monday evening, just before 6:30 Feb. 10, near the intersection of County Road 32 and Baldwin County 84. A news release said Montgomery died at the scene. The crash happened four miles east of the Summerdale city limits. State Troopers identified the driver and had no further details on what happened. Conde Cavaliers kick off Mardi Gras in Mobile The incident happened in a rural area of Baldwin County. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
