2-year-old killed in fiery Alabama crash that injured 5 children, 2 adults

A toddler has died follow a head-on crash in Escambia County.

The 2-year-old died Saturday, four days after the wreck that also injured five other children and two adults.

The wreck happened shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, on U.S. 31, about one mile west of Atmore.

ALEA Sr. Trooper Joshua Thompson said the 2-year-old was a passenger in a Cadillac SRX that collided head-on with a Chrysler Pacific.

The driver of the Cadillac, 31-year-old Sara E. Janes, of Atmore, was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. A 4-year-old in the passenger was also injured and hospitalized.

The driver of the Chrysler van, 38-year-old Brittany N. Colley of Mobile, and her four children – ages 15, 12, 9 and 6 – were also taken to the hospital with varying degrees of injury.

A GoFundMe for the Colley family said the van caught fire after the collision.

The investigation is ongoing by troopers.