UPDATE
BARBOUR COUNTY, Ala. (WTVY) - A southwest Georgia man was identified as the fatal victim in a two-vehicle crash that occurred on Wednesday in Barbour County.
According to information released by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), at around 3:40 a.m. on January 18, a 1996 Kenworth tractor-trailer crashed into the rear-end of a 2005 Freightliner tractor-trailer.
The Kenworth driver, 49-year-old Michael Lashon Stewart of Cuthbert, Georgia, was critically injured as a result of the crash and was later pronounced dead on the scene by first responders. The Freightliner driver, identified as 44-year-old Milton David Caldwell of Union Springs, had no details of his condition released.
The crash occurred around 4 miles west of Eufaula near the 235 mile marker on U.S. 82 in Barbour County.
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No additional information is available at this time as ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.
ORIGINAL
BARBOUR COUNTY, Ala. (WTVY) - An early morning multi-vehicle crash on Wednesday in Barbour County has left a portion of U.S. 82 in the Eufaula area closed.
The wreck, which happened around 3:52 a.m. on January 18, occurred near the 235 mile marker, which is in the northwestern outskirts of Eufaula city limits.
As a result of the accident, a portion of the roadway is blocked for an undetermined amount of time, as Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division are on scene investigating the cause of the wreck.
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Additional details and updates are expected to come. Drivers are advised to use caution in the area at this time and to potentially find alternative routes.
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