MPD Charges a Driver with Felony DUI and 2 Counts of Reckless Murder

WAKA Action 8 News,

Posted: Nov 28, 2014 7:04 PM CST

Updated: Dec 4, 2015 5:40 PM CST

MONTGOMERY- The Montgomery Police Department has charged a driver with

felony DUI, felony leaving the scene of an accident and two counts of reckless murder in

its investigation of a fatal traffic crash that occurred at about 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, Nov.

27. MPD charged Marquis Coleman, 40, of Montgomery in connection with the deaths of

Loubertha Phyfier, 78 and Marion Lewis, 62 both of Montgomery.

Montgomery Police and Fire Medics responded to the scene of a two-vehicle crash,

at the intersection of Rosa Parks Avenue and West Edgemont Avenue. MPD’s initial

investigation indicates a 2007 Mazda 6 driven by Coleman was south bound on

Rosa Parks ran the stop sign, colliding with a 2001 Infiniti I30 beginning to cross the

intersection east on West Edgemont. The driver of the Infinity was transported to a local

hospital by POV with minor injuries. Four occupants of the Infiniti were transported

to local hospitals, two with non-life threatening injuries and two with life threatening

injuries. Both with life-threatening injuries were later pronounced dead. Coleman was

transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Following his arrest, Coleman was

transported to the Montgomery County Detention Facility.

This cause of this crash is currently under investigation, and no further information is

available for release at this time.

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