On duty postal worker killed in multi-vehicle Northport crash
A U.S. Postal Service worker was killed in a multi-vehicle crash Wednesday in Northport.
Police on Thursday identified the victim as Voncelle Renee Gamble. She was 36 and lived in Tuscaloosa.
The wreck happened at 12:39 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 43, just south of Highway 171.
Northport police and fire medics, as well as NorthStar Ambulance, responded to the crash in the southbound lanes of Highway 43. Assistant police Chief Keith Carpenter said four vehicles were involved.
Gamble was pronounced dead on the scene. Three other people were treated for minor injuries, Carpenter said.
The cause of the deadly accident is being investigated by the Northport Police Department’s Traffic Reconstruction Unit. Carpenter said no criminal charges are pending currently.
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