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1 swimmer drowns, 2 others rescued off Gulf Shores, authorities say
Alabama authorities said a Mississippi man drowned in the waters off Gulf Shores Sunday. The man, identified as Darius Marquelle Smith, 23, of Amory, Mississippi, was recovered Sunday afternoon. First responders attempted to revive him and he was taken to a Mobile hospital where he was pronounced dead a short...
Alabama man killed when car plows into utility pole, then ditch, state troopers say
An Alabama man was killed early Friday when his car struck a utility pole and then a ditch, state troopers said. The single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 12:05 a.m. Friday, and claimed the life of a Montgomery, Alabama, man. David L. Comer, 36, was fatally injured when the 2000 Mercury...
Alabama pedestrian killed in hit-and-run accident, here’s what we know
An Alabama pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit-and-run motorist Thursday, officials said. Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said the victim was identified as Dwight Lemar McCall, 62, of Birmingham. McCall was a pedestrian in the 8300 block of 1st Avenue North in Birmingham when an unidentified...
Louisiana mother brutally murdered, one of her two children found slain in Mississippi, authorities said
One of two girls who went missing and for whom an Amber Alert was issued to cellphones across the Mississippi and Louisiana Thursday has been found dead. On Thursday, an Amber Alert was issued for a 4-year-old girl and her 6-year-old sister after their mother, Callie Brunett, was found brutally slain in her Louisiana home. Brunett and the children had been missing for 24 hours before she was found dead.
One man dead, two other people injured in head-on collision, state troopers say
A head-on collision Wednesday morning left an Alabama man dead and two others injured, state troopers said. The two-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 8:10 a.m. Wednesday, and claimed the life of a Dora, Alabama, man. Wayne K. Ferguson, 44, was fatally injured when the 2000 Chevrolet S10 he was driving...
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