FLORENCE-The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports a single-vehicle accident that occurred on Saturday, December 19 has taken the lives of two people and seriously injured another:
“A one-vehicle crash at 10:56 a.m. Saturday, December 19, 2020, has claimed the life of two Florence residence.
Mary Montgomery Smith, 53-year-old female, was driving a 2016 Toyota Prius that left the roadway and struck a tree. Smith was taken to NAMC in Florence and pronounced deceased by hospital staff. The front seat passenger, 49-year-old male, Gaius Wayne Crakaal, of Florence, was flown Athens Hospital and pronounced deceased by hospital staff.
The back-seat passenger, 15-year-old male Austin Smith, was flown to Nashville for treatment of serious injuries.
The crash occurred on County Road 11 in the Cloverdale Community of Lauderdale County, approximately 8 miles north of Florence, Alabama. All victims in the crash were unrestrained. Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate.”
Corporal James F. Howard/Alabama Law Enforcement Agency/Division E / Quad Cities Trooper Post
