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Sunday's crash left 18-year-old Summer King in critical condition. Her vehicle exited the road around U.S. 31 and Midway Street Sunday evening. The vehicle over-corrected and crossed four lanes, and rolled. She was ejected from the vehicle.
One woman died and four Cullman High School seniors were injured in a collision on Highway 31 at approximately 1 p.m. on Thursday. Victoria Clements Smith, 30, of Hanceville, died when her car crossed the median and crashed into another vehicle traveling southbound. Smith was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from her car. She was pronounced deceased at the crash site. The four students riding in the second vehicle were driving to Wallace State College for graduation rehearsal.
It was about 6:30 p.m. when an SUV driving on New Castle Road started to veer off of the roadway. That's when investigators believe the driver overcorrected, causing the car to depart the roadway and roll over. Responders found two people dead in the car, and have identified them as Ryan Christopher Washburn,18, and Carson Nolan Thomas, 16, though did not make it clear who was driving. A third victim was ejected from the vehicle during the crash, but they only sustained minor injuries.
On Sunday afternoon, 20-year-old Valley resident Jacob Craft was driving a Ford Bronco when the SUV left the road and struck a culvert and then a tree. Passenger Brian Keith Lee, 21, of Cusseta, was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the vehicle, killing him. Craft and a second passenger were injured, though the extent of their injuries was not released. The investigation is ongoing, and authorities have not yet released any additional details surrounding the crash.
A one-car accident Saturday killed a teen couple and injured two other people at around 10 a.m. Allison B. McKinley, 17, sustained critical injuries when the 2013 Nissan Maxima she was riding in veered off the roadway, and hit a utility sign and then a utility pole. The accident happened on U.S. 31 at the 31.1 mile marker, nine miles north of Bay Minette. McKinley was ejected from the car and sent to North Baldwin Infirmary, where she subsequently died. The man driving, 24-year-old Justin J. Jordan of Monroeville, was sent to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola for treatment.