On Friday afternoon, a tragic two-vehicle collision on Dale County Highway 21 resulted in the death of 62-year-old Dennis Prescott from Arkansas. The accident occurred just after 2:00 PM near the intersection with Penny Point in Dale County, Alabama. Prescott, who was in the area visiting a friend, collided with another vehicle under circumstances that are currently under investigation by Alabama State Troopers.

A series of crashes on US Highway 24 in Huntington County, Indiana, resulted in one fatality on Friday afternoon. The fatal collision occurred just before 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of US 24 and Old Fort Wayne Road, when a work van collided with a semi-trailer that was slowing to make a turn. According to the Huntington County Sheriff's Department, the work van's driver failed to notice the slowed semi-trailer and, in an attempt to avoid impact, drove off the south side of US 24.

A tragic pedestrian accident in downtown Athens, Georgia on Friday night resulted in the death of a 78-year-old Woodstock resident and left another person injured. The incident occurred around 10:30 PM on January 19, 2024, at the intersection of N. Thomas Street and E. Washington Street, when driver Heather Turner, 31, allegedly failed to yield to pedestrians in a marked crosswalk.