Three vehicle crash in Cleburne County leaves one woman dead
A woman from South Carolina has died and another person was injured after a car crash in Cleburne County Sunday morning.
Elizabeth E. Melton, 74, died after her vehicle struck another car and a tractor-trailer hit her car at about 7:23 a.m. Sunday. She was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, about two miles east of Heflin, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
Melton, of Summerville, S.C., was driving a 2024 Buick Encore when she hit a 2019 Land Rover Discovery, driven by James Johnson, 65, of Covington, GA, according to the agency.
“After the initial impact, a 2024 Volvo tractor-trailer driven by Joshua J. Waiters, 36, of Roanoke, Va., struck the Buick,” it said in a press release Sunday.
David Clark, 62, was a passenger in the Buick. He was taken to Tanner Medical Center in Carrolton, GA.
The incident happened on Interstate 20 near the 207 mile marker. An investigation is underway.
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