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Friday, December 13, 2013

Authorities on Monday released the identity of a woman killed following a police chase that started in Homewood and ended in Birmingham.

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the woman as Bristina Jannecia Fuller, 28. Fuller, of Birmingham, was the driver of the car that fled from police.

She was killed Saturday night. Homewood officers responded to a shoplifting call at the Babies "R" Us near Lakeshore Drive at around 7:30 p.m., where they received a description of two women and the vehicle they used to get away, a Chevrolet Tahoe.

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Monday, December 2, 2013
A Jefferson County sheriff's deputy is fighting for his life after a Tuesday-night ATV crash. Deputy Brad Perry was listed in critical condition at UAB Hospital Wednesday afternoon, according to a hospital spokesman. Perry is a youth services investigator in the Bessemer Cutoff. He and a female deputy were off duty and riding an ATV on a mine road off Mud Creek Road when the ATV hit a hole or ditch and flipped, a Jefferson County sheriff's said. Perry suffered a head injury, and has not regained consciousness since the accident. The female deputy was not hurt.
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Sunday, December 1, 2013

A man was killed Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash in Birmingham, authorities said today.

Damion Ratcliff, 36, was the driver and lone occupant in a GMC van that was traveling in the 200 block of 48th Street about 8:30 a.m. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office said he lost control of the van, hit a road sign, swerved back into the roadway, hit two parked vehicles and then flipped.

Ratcliff was partially ejected from the van and pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said they don't know what caused Ratcliff to leave the roadway.

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

The Birmingham police and fire departments responded to a multi-vehicle accident on I-20/59 northbound in Ensley about 9:45 p.m.

A total of six vehicles were involved, and four were damaged, according to the Birmingham Fire Department.

One person was transported from the scene, but there were no other injuries.

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Harvey was under the influence of alcohol when she crashed on Vanderbilt Road, killing a 10 year-old passenger. Three other children and another adult were also inside the vehicle at the time. She will serve a total of 20 years behind bars.

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Two pilots died when plane they were flying crashed into a hill while trying to land at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. They were identified as captain Cerea Beal, Jr., and first officer Shanda Fanning. The National Transportation and Safety Board examined several safety issues, including "dispatch of the accident flight, relevant weather information, flight crew communication, execution of non-precision approaches, adherence to standard operating procedures, flight crew monitoring, fatigue, off-duty time management, and terrain awareness and a warning system."