Woman killed in fiery crash when car runs off expressway, lands in parking lot
A woman was killed in a fiery crash when her car left Elton B. Stephens Expressway and dropped to the Birmingham roadway below.
Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said the woman was badly burned so her identity has not yet been confirmed. She was an adult white female, Yates said.
The crash happened at 9:17 p.m. Tuesday.
Authorities said the woman’s vehicle left the highway, fell into the parking lot of a business in the 2600 block of Third Avenue South and caught fire.
The woman was pronounced dead on the scene at 9:57 p.m.
The investigation is ongoing by Birmingham police.