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Lottie Mitchell Wrencher Evans, 64, killed in collision with Onassis Fitzgerald Scarbrough, driver of stolen vehicle on Dartmouth Avenue in Bessemer, Alabama

Modified Date: 
Wed, 06/17/2020 - 9:21am
Accident Date: 
Friday, February 23, 2018

Man steals SUV with child inside; hits and kills woman in head-on crash while fleeing

Police say Scarbrough was driving a vehicle he stole from a nearby convenience with a young boy inside. A Birmingham man has been charged with murder in a weekend traffic crash that killed a 64-year-old Lipscomb woman. The young boy wasn't seriously injured and was quickly returned to his family. Miles said officers learned Scarbrough stole the SUV from the parking of the Stop-N-Go convenience Store about a block away on Dartmouth. A passenger in the SUV, a juvenile boy, was taken to the hospital by private vehicle.

Woman killed by fleeing man in stolen SUV; 3 others die in separate Jefferson County crashes

The crash that killed Evans happened at 6:54 p.m. Coleman was partially ejected from the SUV and pronounced dead on the scene at 10:20 p.m. Adams was taken to UAB Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 12:15 a.m. Evans was taken to UAB Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 8:24 p.m. Bailey was taken to Brookwood Baptist Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 7:01 p.m.

Woman killed by fleeing man in stolen SUV; 3 others die in separate Jefferson County crashes

 Authorities said the driver that hit her was behind the wheel of Cadillac SUV that had been stolen from the Stop & Go, also on Dartmouth. The SUV was travelling at a high rate of speed and had struck multiple vehicles before crashing into Evans' Toyota Corolla.

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Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Stolen Vehicle
People Involved: 
Lottie Mitchell Wrencher Evans
Onassis Fitzgerald Scarbrough
Roadway: 
Dartmouth Avenue
City: 
Bessemer, AL
County: 
Jefferson County, AL
Area: 
Birmingham, AL

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