From the West Alabama Newsroom– A fatal accident on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge — claims the lives of two Selma women early Sunday morning. Selma Police Chief Kenta Fulford says the accident happened at around 12:50 in the morning. He says 45 year old Natasha Blevins Hall — and 32 year old Ashley Lewis were pushing a vehicle that…
Crews worked overnight to install reinforcements to the bridge to stabilize and properly support it to make sure it is safe for travel under the structure.
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) – A major bridge on the Alabama coast is closed after being hit by a runaway barge. Dauphin Island Mayor Jeff Collier posts on his Facebook page that the incident at the Dauphin Island bridge happened Friday morning. Collier says a barge hit the north end of the roughly 3-mile-long bridge. He says state transportation officials…
A father and son in Elmore County are in trouble after authorities said they jumped off of a bridge while running from officers. We’re told it happened early Sunday morning in front of the Russel Plant on Highway 14. Sheriff Bill Franklin said the two men took off following a traffic stop… then jumped off Callow Creek Bridge. The father…
Authorities say a woman claimed dogs could fly before tossing a small dog about 30 feet off a South Florida bridge, injuring the animal. Capt. David Walesky of Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control told the Palm Beach Post that the 8-year-old Jack Russell Terrier mix dislocated a leg in the fall Wednesday from a bridge in Riviera Beach….
The search for the missing driver in the Emerald Mountain Toll Bridge accident has been called off. According to Emerald Mountain Volunteer fire crews, Wetumpka and Montgomery dive teams spent all day Saturday searching for the driver in the Tallapoosa River. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, State EMA, Elmore County Sheriff’s Deputies, Wetumpka Police and Fire, Emerald Mountain Volunteer Fire,…
