Traffic Fatality – Shoals Insider

FORMER POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON IN PEDESTRIAN DEATH

H. Wayne Nix — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:43:51 +0000

A former Tuscumbia police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the 2022 death of a pedestrian struck by a police cruiser the officer was driving while intoxicated.Jay Steward received the sentence in the Oct. 10, 2022, death of Terry Hinton, who was struck and killed while Hinton was checking his mailbox.Steward had wanted the sentence split, rather than to serve all 20 years in prison, but Colbert County Circuit Court Judge Kyle Brown said there will be no split. Steward was taken into custody to begin serving his sentence immediately after the hearing.Brown said the police vehicle Steward was driving while off duty was going approximately 90 mph.Steward initially was charged with reckless murder in the case but pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Aug. 13.He apologized to family and friends of Hinton’s during the hearing.”What I did was take a great man from you all,” he said. “I made a horrible mistake and made decision to do what was wrong.”

DECATUR MAN DIES IN HIT AND RUN

H. Wayne Nix — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 01:45:52 +0000

NEWS ALERT LAWRENCE COUNTY

A single-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian that occurred at approximately 2:40 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, has claimed the life of a Decatur man.

The pedestrian, Matthew Anderson Ryan Kelley, 31, who was lying in the roadway, was fatally injured when he was struck by an unknown vehicle that left the scene of the crash. Kelley was pronounced deceased at the scene by the local Coroner’s office.

The crash occurred on Lawrence County Road 209, approximately 10 miles east of Moulton, in Lawrence County.

State Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate the crash.

Waterloo man dies in head-on collision

Staff — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:25:10 +0000

WATERLOO –A Waterloo man was killed in a head-on collision on Sunday.

According to State Troopers, at around 12:05 p.m. Sunday, January 20, a head-on collision claimed the life of a Waterloo man.

Troopers say, John G. Parrish, 83, was killed when the 2002 Cadillac he was driving was struck head-on by another vehicle.

Parrish was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash occurred on Paradise Drive, one mile west of Waterloo in Lauderdale County.

Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate.

Florence man killed in Hit & Run, Authorities searching for driver

Staff — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 20:46:30 +0000

FLORENCE–Authorities are searching for the driver of an SUV involved in a hit and run that left a Florence man dead.

According to police, on Friday night Florence Police along with Florence Fire, Shoals Ambulance, and Air Evac responded to a traffic accident involving a pedestrian in the 2300 block of Cloyd Blvd.

On arrival, officers found Kevin Doherty, 57, from Florence, in a yard in the 2300 block of Cloyd Blvd.
It was reported that Mr. Doherty was driving his motorized wheelchair west bound in the east bound lane of Cloyd Blvd when he was struck head on by a small light colored SUV.

The driver of the SUV fled the scene west on Cloyd Blvd and turned south on Mall Road. A crime scene was established.

Mr. Doherty was flown to Huntsville Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

The Investigations Division along with the traffic homicide investigators processed the scene.

The investigation is still ongoing.

If you have any information concerning this accident please contact the Florence Police Department at 256-768-2764 or text a tip to 274637 using keyword FPD TIP plus your message.

Jeff Roland

Shoals Insider – Keeping You Informed

1 dead in afternoon motorcycle crash

Staff — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 20:18:16 +0000

CHEROKEE-(SHOALS INSIDER)-Authorities are on the scene of a deadly motorcycle crash along US Hwy. 72 near Cherokee.

Emergency officials tell the Shoals Insider, a motorcycle has collided with an automobile at the intersection of Maple Street and US Hwy. 72 around 2:20pm.

Authorities have confirmed one fatality.

More details as they become available.

Shoals Insider – Keeping You Informed

Train Accident Claims Life

H. Wayne Nix — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:44:59 +0000

One person was killed Wednesday afternoon when a train hit a car in Colbert County.

Colbert County Deputy Coroner Jennifer Rutland said Derris Lamone Cortner, 46, was killed in the collision.

The accident happened at Red Rock Road near the Colbert Steam Plant around 1:30 p.m