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A Birmingham woman was killed in a wreck possibly related to icy weather north of Marion Tuesday morning.
Emma Evans, 64, killed on Alabama 5 at the 75 mile marker, about 12 miles north of Marion, when the vehicle she was driving hit another around 11:05 a.m., according to a news release from a Alabama State Troopers spokesman.
Troopers continue to investigate the wreck.
Alabama State Troopers have released the names of a Wetumpka man and a 2-year-old killed in a seven-vehicle traffic fatality Tuesday morning on Lay Bridge.
Tyrell Harris, 29, of Wetumpka was killed when the vehicle he was driving collided with another vehicle on Lay Bridge, troopers released. A passenger in Harris’ vehicle, Rayne Harris, 2, of Wetumpka, also was killed in the collision.
Five others were injured and transported to area hospitals. One of those injuries is considered critical.
A motorist from Franklinton was booked with DWI after causing a head-on collision Tuesday night on Louisiana 25 north of Covington, State Police said. Heather Crockett, 37, who was not wearing a seat belt, received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to St. Tammany Parish Hospital, police said.
The driver of the second vehicle was identified as Steven Wallace, 59, of Abita Springs. Wallace, who was wearing a seat belt, received minor injuries and refused on-scene medical treatment, police said.
Two firefighters were injured Tuesday night when they crashed on their way to the scene of an accident, according to Fire Chief Charlie King.
King said that at approximately 10:20 pm, two Oconee County Emergency Services firefighters were in a personal vehicle on their way to the scene of an accident in the Friendship Community when their vehicle crashed.
King said one firefighter was transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital and admitted. The other firefighter was treated on the scene for minor injuries.
A suspect was in police custody after being chased by police along busy highways into the heart of Miami on Tuesday.
The man, identified by police as 47-year-old Guillermo Alvarez-Mendez, drove the wrong way on busy streets and crashed what authorities said was a stolen van into one car head-on at Southwest 16th Avenue and Southwest 1st Street. After the crash, he took off running into the streets of Little Havana, and at one point climbed over rooftops as he fled through the neighborhood.
A 17-year-old was killed late Tuesday afternoon in a car crash during the winter storm that hit the Upstate.
Marshall Taylor Park, of Greenville, was alone in the car when it crashed on Ashmore Bridge Road near Fowler Circle in Mauldin just before 5 p.m. He died at the scene, the coroner stated.
Park, who was wearing his seat belt, died from blunt force trauma, according to Evans.
The circumstances of the crash have not yet been released by police.
The crash remains under investigation by Mauldin police and the Greenville County Coroner's Office.
State police are looking for a dump truck wanted in connection with a fatal crash on Route 128 south in Burlington Tuesday afternoon.
Investigators believe two men were in the truck when a mattress flew off the back of it and landed on the highway.
The truck did not stop, but two vehicles, a Toyota Corolla and a Toyota Tundra, collided.
The driver of the Corolla, identified Wednesday as 56-year-old Frida Litvak of Framingham, was rushed to Lahey Clinic where she died.
Mississippi State Troopers responded to more than 200 accidents during Tuesday's icy weather, state officials said during a MEMA press conference.
The highway patrol expects 911 calls to continue to pour in overnight.
MDOT officials said the battle with ice on roadways (many elevated with cold air rushing underneath) is a constant struggle.
Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning crews plan to continue to lay down salt and slag - sandy gravel - to help with traction.
But the best advice MDOT officials say they're giving is "just stay home".
Columbia police say a driver has been cited after a crash claimed the life of another driver Monday afternoon.
The crash was reported about 3 p.m. on Nashville Highway near the intersection with Imperial Drive.
Police said Victoria Anne Shepherd, 22, of Spring Hill, was driving northbound when her phone rang. She reached for her phone, the vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic and she collided with a car driven by 49-year-old Solveig Janine Brammer, also of Spring Hill.
Brammer's car rolled over, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Law enforcement agencies throughout Georgia responded to hundreds of crashes as snow fell throughout the region and drivers spent hours struggling through commutes that would typically take minutes.
Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright says troopers have responded to more than 500 crashes throughout the state since late Tuesday morning. Wright says 65 injuries and no fatalities have been reported. Crashes appear to have been concentrated in northwest Georgia, west Georgia and the metro Atlanta area.