Four Injured In I-65 Wreck Tuesday Morning Near Atmore

July 28, 2009

Four people were injured when a Jeep collided with an ALDOT vehicle on I-65 near Atmore this morning.

The accident happened just before 9 a.m. on I-65 just north of the Highway 21 exit in Atmore when the driver of a Jeep Liberty rear-ended a utility trailer attached to an Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) vehicle used for litter removal.

Two workers in or near the trailer at the time of the crash were transported to Baptist Hospital in Pensacola by LifeFlight. Markus Prim, 19, of Bay Minette and Sherman McMillan, 17, of Loxley were treated and were released Tuesday afternoon.

The driver of the Jeep, Mirla Sease, and her passenger, Norma Alvarado, were transported by Atmore Ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Both are from of Victoria, Texas.

Further information was not immediately available. The accident is still under investigation by Alabama State Troopers.


Comments

4 Responses to “Four Injured In I-65 Wreck Tuesday Morning Near Atmore”

  1. girlfriend on August 12th, 2009 12:27 am

    They were just parked on the shoulder!
    They were working when some person hit them.
    Unless they are completely blind they should
    not have hit that trailer. No matter how fast a vehicle
    is moving they cant say they did not even notice
    that a Utility Trailer was parked at the side of the
    road. Its not like it was dark out. I blame the driver,
    for his ignorance and if he/she really didnt see it coming
    then they should be off the road. There is no excuse for
    hitting that trailer in plain daylight even at a high speed
    its just stupid and dangerous. PAY attention when you
    are driving and something like this would have never happened,

  2. billyk on July 28th, 2009 5:49 pm

    doesn’t say that the trailer was moving, just that it got rear ended, maybe it was parked on the shoulder while they unloaded equipment ?

    I have seen where they will ride in a slow moving trailer, or truck, and place / pick up road cones. Maybe that is what they where doing ?

  3. an observer on July 28th, 2009 4:44 pm

    just curious as to why DOT employees were riding on that trailer….isn’t that against the law???

  4. jimmy on July 28th, 2009 4:19 pm

    you take your life in your hands when you or out on the interstate for any time. people dont slow down for anybody or anything!

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