Ariana Fox, 9 months, Cody Fox, 29, and eight children, ages 4-17, killed in 15-car pileup caused by heavy wind and rain on I-65 near Greenville, Alabama

Modified Date: 
Fri, 05/26/2023 - 6:35am
Accident Date: 
Saturday, June 19, 2021

Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch vehicle involved in deadly multi-vehicle crash on I-65

The crash happened at around 2:30 p.m. Saturday June 19, just north of Greenville, according to officials with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

9 children, 1 adult killed in 15-vehicle Alabama crash

He said the vehicles likely hydroplaned on wet roads, with eight children, ages 4 to 17, killed in a van belonging to a youth ranch operated by the Alabama Sheriffs Association for abused or neglected children.

8 kids in youth van among the 13 lives lost to Claudette

Michael Smith, the youth ranches CEO, said the van was heading back to the ranch near Camp Hill, northeast of Montgomery, after a week at the beach in Gulf Shores. It caught fire after the wreck and Candice Gulley, the ranch director, was the van’s only survivor — pulled from the flames by a bystander.

Official: Crash, ‘likely’ due to storm, kills 10, including 9 children in Alabama

Top winds remained near 30 mph. National Hurricane Center forecasters predicted Claudette would strengthen back to tropical storm status Monday over eastern North Carolina as it went out to sea in the Atlantic Ocean.

12 dead in Alabama due to Tropical Depression Claudette, including 10 children

The deaths occurred as drenching rains pelted northern Alabama and Georgia late Saturday. As much as 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain was reported earlier from Claudette along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

9 children killed in 15-car crash caused by drenched roads from Tropical Storm Claudette

Two people died in another car that collided with the van, Garlock said – 29-year-old Cody Fox and 9-month-old Ariana Fox, both of Marion County, Tennessee.

9 children, 1 adult dead in Butler County I-65 crash

A bystander was able to remove the bus driver from the vehicle, but couldn’t save any of the passengers due the vehicle being on fire.

Federal investigators to look into cause of multi-vehicle fatal crash near Greenville

The safety investigation “vehicle technologies such as forward collision warning systems, CMV fuel tank integrity, motor carrier operations and occupant survivability,” the post said.

Girls living at ranch for abused children are mourning the loss of eight ‘sisters’ killed in a fiery crash

“We lost eight young people that can make a difference in our world, we lost eight young people that didn’t have a chance to have their own children, we lost eight young people that can’t break the cycle of where they’ve been and change it for their children,” Youth Ranches CEO Michael Smith told CNN.

GoFundMe created for two Theodore boys killed in I-65 crash

Butler County coroner Wayne Garlock said the fatalities included a 3-year-old, 8-year-old, 12-year-old, 14-year-old, 15-year-old, two 16-year-olds, and a 17-year-old.

Service set for 8 killed in wreck of Alabama girls home van

The victims of the 17-vehicle accident, which also killed two other people in a separate car, will be remembered in a public service planned for a church in Auburn on Thursday afternoon.

NTSB: Unsafe Speeds Blamed for Fiery Crash that Killed 10 in Butler County

Federal traffic investigators said Thursday that unsafe driving speeds of multiple vehicles on wet roads in low visibility was the probable cause of a fiery 2021 crash on Interstate 65 in Butler County that killed nine children and one adult.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Candice Gulley
Cody Fox
Ariana Fox
Josiah Dunnavant
Nicholas Dunnavant
Roadway: 
I-65

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