KILLEN-The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reports a two-vehicle accident has taken the life of a Tennessee woman and sent three other people, including juveniles to hospital with injuries :
“A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 10:15 a.m. Thursday, April 30, has claimed the life of a Saint Joseph, Tennessee woman.
Teresa D. Bretherick, 61, was critically injured when the 2000 Jeep Wrangler she was driving was struck by the 2016 Jeep Cherokee driven by an 18-year-old juvenile from Lexington. Bretherick was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash, was ejected and air-lifted to Huntsville Hospital for treatment. Bretherick succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased while at the hospital.
The juvenile driver of the Cherokee and an 18-year-old juvenile, who was a passenger of the Cherokee, were both injured and transported to a local hospital for treatment. Kimberly Spears, 57, of Florence, who was a passenger in the Wrangler, was injured and air-lifted to Huntsville Hospital for treatment.
The crash occurred on U.S. 43 near the 330 mile-marker, approximately three miles north of Killen, in Lauderdale County. Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.”
Senior Trooper Gregory Corble/Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
