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Nine children and an adult were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway as heavy storms lashed the southeastern US State, a County coroner confirmed Sunday, June 20,2021.
Saturday’s crash on an interstate highway near the City of Greenville involved at least 15 vehicles and may have been caused by aquaplaning under heavy rains, Butler County coroner Wayne Garlock told AFP.
The dead included a father and daughter in an SUV, and eight occupants of a van carrying children from a County-run “girls ranch” that included foster children, local media reported.
The crash was the result of a vehicle hydroplaning on a bridge on Interstate 65, causing a chain reaction that involved at least 15 vehicles, said the Butler County coroner in a statement posted by Jon Paepcke of WVTM 13 News. The bus carrying eight children, ages 4 to 17, from the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch, a foster home, caught fire. A bystander was able to pull the driver out to safety but wasn’t able to go back for the children.
“Our hearts are heavy today. Our ranch has suffered great loss… Please send prayers our way,” tweeted the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch.
The van in the accident was one of two bringing children, none older than 17, back from a Girls Ranch outing to nearby Gulf Shores, al.com reported. The other van was unscathed.
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Nine children and an adult were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway as heavy storms lashed the southeastern US State, a County coroner confirmed Sunday, June 20,2021.
Saturday’s crash on an interstate highway near the City of Greenville involved at least 15 vehicles and may have been caused by aquaplaning under heavy rains, Butler County coroner Wayne Garlock told AFP.
The dead included a father and daughter in an SUV, and eight occupants of a van carrying children from a County-run “girls ranch” that included foster children, local media reported.
The crash was the result of a vehicle hydroplaning on a bridge on Interstate 65, causing a chain reaction that involved at least 15 vehicles, said the Butler County coroner in a statement posted by Jon Paepcke of WVTM 13 News. The bus carrying eight children, ages 4 to 17, from the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch, a foster home, caught fire. A bystander was able to pull the driver out to safety but wasn’t able to go back for the children.
“Our hearts are heavy today. Our ranch has suffered great loss… Please send prayers our way,” tweeted the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch.
The van in the accident was one of two bringing children, none older than 17, back from a Girls Ranch outing to nearby Gulf Shores, al.com reported. The other van was unscathed.
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