WALKER COUNTY-The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports a single-vehicle accident that has taken the life of one nine-year-old juvenile and sent three others, including a twelve-year-old and a five-year-old to hospital with injuries:
“A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 7:17 p.m. Wednesday, November 11, has claimed the life of a Parrish juvenile. The nine-year-old juvenile was fatally injured when the 2008 Nissan Maxima they were a passenger in left the roadway and struck multiple trees. The juvenile was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver of the Nissan, Emerald S. Tarvin, 29, of Parrish, was injured and airlifted to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital for medical treatment. A 12-year-old juvenile, of Parrish, who was also a passenger in the Nissan, was injured and was airlifted to an area hospital for medical treatment. A five-year-old juvenile, also of Parrish, was an additional passenger in the Nissan and was injured and transported to an area hospital for medical treatment.
The crash occurred on Alabama 269 near the 36 mile marker, approximately one mile north of Parrish, in Walker County.
Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.”
Trooper Brody Grider/Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
