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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA 15-Vehicle Crash On An Alabama Highway Has Left 9 Children Dead
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/20/1008520634/a-15-vehicle-crash-on-an-alabama-highway-has-left-9-children-deadATLANTA Tropical Depression Claudette claimed 12 lives in Alabama as the storm swept across the southeastern U.S., causing flash flooding and spurring tornadoes that destroyed dozens of homes.
Ten people, including nine children, were killed Saturday in a 15-vehicle crash about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of Montgomery on Interstate 65, according to Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock.
He said the vehicles likely hydroplaned on wet roads, with eight children, ages 4 to 17, killed in a van belonging to a youth ranch operated by the Alabama Sheriffs Association for abused or neglected children. A man and a 9-month-old baby died in a separate vehicle. Multiple people were also injured.
Meanwhile, a 24-year-old man and a 3-year-old boy were killed when a tree fell on their house just outside the Tuscaloosa city limits Saturday, Capt. Marty Sellers of the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit told The Tuscaloosa News.
The deaths occurred as drenching rains pelted northern Alabama and Georgia late Saturday. As much as 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain was reported earlier from Claudette along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
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A 15-Vehicle Crash On An Alabama Highway Has Left 9 Children Dead (Original Post)
malaise
Jun 2021
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Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)1. Just damn
"eight children, ages 4 to 17, killed in a van belonging to a youth ranch operated by the Alabama Sheriffs Association for abused or neglected children"
Just ain't right.
malaise
(269,157 posts)2. Seriously
As if they haven't suffered enough already
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)3. So incredibly sad.
Those poor children.
JI7
(89,264 posts)4. Just fucking horrible.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)5. Twelve inches of rain?
And that was just a TD?
That's a lot of rain.
malaise
(269,157 posts)8. It was a TS buy a TD or TS can do serious damage depending on the
amount of rain and in this case there were tornadoes as well. Never dismiss these systems.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)6. 8 Little Kids??!!??
Damn!
I have a bad feeling were going to find out seatbelts weren't in use.
Eight seems like that's about the limit for a van, and all of them got killed. Seems seatbelts and crumple zones should have saved some.
This is awful!
Also: on Fathers' Day! This will unlikely be a happy day for those parents ever again!
malaise
(269,157 posts)9. I'm sure you're right
Awful is right
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)7. Another story I saw about this was that it was a two car crash.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)10. abused and neglected kids