2 Killed, 3 Injured In Separate Thanksgiving Day Crashes On West Alabama Roadways

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) says two people were killed and three people were injured in two separate crashes on west Alabama roadways on Thanksgiving Day.

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ALEA Corporal Reginal King told local media that troopers first responded to a single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. Thursday on Marengo County Road 21 when a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 19-year-old Colten B. Moore, of Demopolis, left the roadway, struck a fence and then an embankment.

King said Moore was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene, which was roughly eight miles south of Demopolis in Marengo County.

In a second press release on Friday, King said troopers later responded at approximately 8:15 p.m. Thursday to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 11 near Boligee in Greene County that killed a Eutaw woman and injured three others, including a small child.

King reported that Eutaw native Debbie A. Taylor, 55, was killed when the 2009 Toyota Camry that she was driving was struck by a 2022 Toyota RAV4 driven by a man from Livingston.

The driver of the RAV4 and a one-year-old passenger were both injured and transported to an area hospital for treatment. The extent of their injuries was not made public.

Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene, while a 60-year-old female passenger from Eutaw was injured and transported to DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa. Her status is also unknown at this time.

ALEA says both fatal crashes remain under investigation.

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