Alabama is joining four other states for Operation Southern Shield. It’s an effort to crack down on speeders on interstates and major highways. State troopers and local law enforcement agencies say they’ll be working extra hard from now through Sunday. Troopers are joining forces with other law enforcement officers in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. “Speed kills,” Alabama’s…
State troopers Say one 16 year old girl was killed and another injured when they car they were in ran off Bama Rock Creek Road in Tuscaloosa and struck a tree. One of the girls was the driver, and she died. The other was a passenger, and she is hospitalized. The accident happened Friday night just after 10:00. Troopers…
Alabama driver’s may begin to notice a few more flashing lights on the roadways this week. State troopers are joining law agencies in 4 other South-Eastern states, (Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina) for “Operation Southern Shield” a week-long crackdown on speeding starting Monday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says speeding killed more than 10,000 people in the United States…
Alabama joins other states in a week-long speed enforcement operation beginning Monday. “Operation Southern Shield” will run through Sunday, July 22. Law enforcement in Georgia and Alabama will join Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina in pulling over drivers who are traveling above legal speed limits on interstates, major highways and local roads. Col. Mark W. McDonough, commissioner of the Georgia…
FROM “Value-Penguin” research company Alabama ranks as the 3rd deadliest state in the country when it comes to speeding-related fatalities. There are 6.52 speeding-related fatalities per 100,000 residents, which is more than DUI fatalities in the state. How Did Your Neighbours Fare? Comparatively, there are nearly 3-6x more speeding-related fatalities in Alabama than Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee. All four neighbouring states ranked…
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) – Expecting to write up a ticket for speeding, an Alabama State Trooper ended up helping a woman give birth. Danny Lowe, of Huntsville, tells news outlets that he was driving his wife, Shawna, and their unborn baby to an Athens hospital on Sunday morning when he was pulled over by Trooper Michael Kesler for speeding. While…
Dozens of Jackson Hospital employees came out to the Montgomery City Council meeting to make their voices heard after their coworker was hit and killed by a car outside of the hospital- On what many say is a dangerous road. 46-year-old Donna Murphy and a coworker were hit on Park Place last Wednesday, walking to work. That’s a two-block…
