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INVESTIGATION. A WOMAN IS BEHIND BARS. THIS AFTERNOON AND FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER A FATAL CRASH EARLY THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO THE TUSCALOOSA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, RACHEL ROBINSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER, TWO COUNTS OF ASSAULT AND DUI. AUTHORITIES SAY NORTHPORT POLICE RESPONDED TO THE HEAD-ON COLLISION ON HUGH THOMAS BRIDGE JUST BEFORE FOUR THIS MORNING. ONE MINOR WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND TWO ADULTS ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITI
Woman charged in Northport head-on DUI crash; juvenile killed, 2 adults injured
A woman is in jail charged in a deadly head-on crash that tied up a Northport road for hours Friday morning.Officers were called about the wreck involving two vehicles at about 2:45 a.m. on Lurleen B. Wallace Boulevard at the Hugh R. Thomas Bridge, according to police.A juvenile was killed, and two adults were taken to DCH with critical injuries.> > ORIGINAL COVERAGE OF THE WRECK: Investigators say that Rachael Robinson, 29, was driving the wrong way, northbound in the southbound lane, on the bridge when she hit the other vehicle head-on.A juvenile in that vehicle was killed, and two adults were taken to DCH with critical injuries.Because of the suspicion that Robinson was under the influence, the Northport Police Department’s Traffic Reconstruction Unit requested the Violent Crimes Unit to investigate. After police processed the scene and presented evidence to the district attorney’s office, Robinson was charged with manslaughter, two counts of assault, and driving under the influence. >> KNOW BEFORE YOU LEAVE: Interactive traffic mapShe is being held in the Tuscaloosa County Jail with no bond.Because the person killed is a minor, their name has not been released.
NORTHPORT, Ala. —
A woman is in jail charged in a deadly head-on crash that tied up a Northport road for hours Friday morning.
Officers were called about the wreck involving two vehicles at about 2:45 a.m. on Lurleen B. Wallace Boulevard at the Hugh R. Thomas Bridge, according to police.
A juvenile was killed, and two adults were taken to DCH with critical injuries.
> > ORIGINAL COVERAGE OF THE WRECK:
Investigators say that Rachael Robinson, 29, was driving the wrong way, northbound in the southbound lane, on the bridge when she hit the other vehicle head-on.
A juvenile in that vehicle was killed, and two adults were taken to DCH with critical injuries.
Because of the suspicion that Robinson was under the influence, the Northport Police Department’s Traffic Reconstruction Unit requested the Violent Crimes Unit to investigate.
After police processed the scene and presented evidence to the district attorney’s office, Robinson was charged with manslaughter, two counts of assault, and driving under the influence.
>> KNOW BEFORE YOU LEAVE: Interactive traffic map
She is being held in the Tuscaloosa County Jail with no bond.
Because the person killed is a minor, their name has not been released.
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