TALLADEGA COUNTY, AL — A 43-year-old Ragland woman died late Friday morning following a multi-vehicle wreck on Alabama State Route 77 in Lincoln, reports AL.com.
Authorities did not provided the exact location, but the accident, which involved a dump truck and an Alabama State Trooper vehicle, occurred at 11:16 a.m.
According to Trooper Sgt. Jeremy Burkett, the victim, Lori M. Laber, was driving a Honda Civic when the car was hit by a Kenworth dump truck. The Honda was then rear-ended by the trooper’s Dodge Charger.
Laber, who was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the wreck, was thrown from her car in the impact of the crash. First responders pronounced her deceased at the scene.
Her passenger, Jesse R. Ecker Jr., 43, was rushed to Citizens Baptist Medical Center in Talladega. Officials noted that Ecker Jr. was also not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle.
It was unclear whether the dump truck driver, 59-year-old Stephen J. Hopkins, a Pell City resident, was injured.
An investigation remains open and ongoing.
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