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The accident happened at approximately 4:21 a.m. Sunday on northbound I-59 just south of the 4th Avenue South exit. Both men who died were from the same vehicle, and others were brought to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. The deceased have been identified as Juan Alonzo Ramos, 30, and Tomas Pu-Gabriel, 25.
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.
Wilson Andrew Eudy was driving on Martlin Gap Road at around 12:25 a.m. when he lost control of his pickup and struck a mailbox. He was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the pickup during the crash. He wa taken to an area hospital where he died of his injuries. This accident is still under investigation.
Lisa Black Gunderson was driving on Finnell Cut-Off Road when for unknown reasons she lost control of her vehicle and struck a tree. She was not wearing a seat belt at the time and was thrown from the vehicle. She died at the scene.
58-year-old Stanley Eugene Smith was killed when the jeep he was driving left the roadway on Lauderdale County 575, traveled up an embankment, and overturned, according to Alabama State Troopers. Smith was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicled. He died at the scene.
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.
Lafforest Mantrell Thomas, 35, died Sunday evening when the 2012 Infiniti he was driving struck an embankment and overturned on Alabama 165 near mile marker 26. Thomas was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from his vehicle. He died at the scene.
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.