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    Highway 20 reopens after crash injures 7 in Florence

    By Jaylan Wright,

    1 day ago

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    FLORENCE, Ala. (WHNT) — Highway 20 has reopened after it was temporarily shut down following a multi-vehicle accident in Florence Thursday morning.

    Sheriff Joe Hamilton with the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office says that two vehicles hit one another head-on.

    Hamilton tells News 19 that two children were airlifted to Children of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham.

    Two adults were also airlifted to area hospitals while three other people were taken to the hospital by ambulance.

    An Air-e-vac and Vanderbilt helicopters assisted during the crash.

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