Shelby Bartlett, 60, dead and five others hospitalized after two-car collision I-65 near Bay Minette, AL
One killed, five injured in I-65 accident
Officials said a Monroeville woman died, and five other people were injured following an accident Wednesday night just north of Bay Minette.
Monroeville woman killed in crash near Bay Minette, 5 others injured
The accident happened about seven miles north of Bay Minette near I-65 mile marker 43, he said.
At about 7:30pm, Bartlett was riding in a car on driven by Shannon P. Bonner, 42, I-65 and reportedly not wearing a seat belt when it collided with another vehicle. The crash killed Bartlett, and three other passengers that were in the same vehicle as her, as well as Bonner and Curtis Richard Dalton Overstreet, 21, who was driving the other vehicle, were hospitalized. Authorities have said that even though investigation will continue, they will not be releasing more information.
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