18-04-2025
Mobile County crash victims' families speak out on motorcycle safety
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The families of the three killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday in Wilmer are now recovering from their loss.
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ALEA officials said around 10 p.m. Sunday, 21-year-old Elizabeth Hearn, 39-year-old Kristopher Dotson and 39-year-old Marcine Crawford Jr. were killed in the crash on Highway 158. They were pronounced dead on the scene.
Hearn was a passenger in a Ford Mustang when it collided head-on with four motorcycles, according to an ALEA release.
'I couldn't cry; I lay in the bed, couldn't go to sleep. Just so many memories of him, good memories because we would have a ball,' Dotson's aunt, Michele Dotson, said.
Dotson's family said that he had just bought the motorcycle two months prior and joined the biker group. He was coming back from a biker trip to Texas.
'In our last conversation, he was telling me about the ride they were doing that weekend, which they were coming back from,' Dotson's cousin, Lerone Wiley, said.
His family said he was excited to join the biker family and looked forward to the adventures ahead.
However, the family now sees this crash as a reminder to drivers to watch for motorcyclists.
'The respect for bikes on the roads now is not what it used to be,' Wiley said. 'People don't give the same respect; they used to just kind of get out of the way or make sure they had the right of way, now you treat them like you have four wheels and the protection that you have in the car.'
The family of Hearn told :
'She loved to be the center of attention. She loved to give compliments to strangers. She saw so much beauty in the world. She was an adventurer who loved the beach and traveling. She was also a 'car girl.' She had a 370Z sports car that she loved to modify and tinker with. She knew all kinds of sports car facts. Blair would attend a meeting with strangers and friends called Coffee and Cars where sports car enthusiasts would meet up to talk about and show off their cars while also having a little coffee. Blair had a wicked sense of humor and could make people laugh. She has a charismatic personality that drew people to her.'
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The details of the crash are still under investigation.
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