A teen has now been charged in a fatal wrong way crash which killed a woman from Hoover.

According to authorities they have charged 19 year old Pedro Ivan Rico Mendoza who lives in Pelham, with one count of reckless murder, two counts of first-degree assault and leaving the scene of an accident with injuries.

The accident happened at 3.45 a.m. on Interstate 65 south bound, between Alford Avenue and Montgomery Highway when 34 year old Crystal Lavonne Ponder was killed when Mendoza was travelling the wrong way under the influence of alcohol. He fled the scene after the accident. Ponder’s husband , who was driving, was treated and released from hospital and her 7 year old son was seriously injured and is still hospitalized in University Hospital, Birmingham.

Mendoza was caught and has previous multiple traffic citations as well as an arrest for possession of methamphetamine. His immigration status is also being investigated

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On Thursday, May 26, an Etowah County school bus was involved in a two vehicle crash which resulted in the death of a student.

According to Etowah County Sheriff’s Office the accident happened between 2.30 and 3.00 p.m. on Warrior Valley Road and Thompson Drive off of Al-132 in Altoona. The accident was between the school bus and a truck. Two students were on the bus at the time of the accident along with the driver and a school aide. The students were not injured but were taken to hospital as a precaution and both adults received injuries and were also taken to hospital.

The driver of the truck was 16 year old Trenton Blake Gibbs who was a student at West End High. He was airlifted to a hospital in Birmingham where he died a couple of hours later.

The Sheriff’s Office chaplains were on hand to help with counseling for students at West End High School.

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Early on Saturday morning, March 19, Jefferson County Board of Education member Dean Taylor Jr. died in a single vehicle crash.

According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the accident happened at around 3.30 a.m. on Mt. Olive Road near the Buckshort Bridge, north of Gardendale. Taylor, aged 35, of Morris was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe and was traveling north on Mt. Olive Road when he lost control and the vehicle left the roadway, traveled down an embankment and struck a tree. Taylor was alone in the vehicle and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A passerby spotted the vehicle off the roadway and called 911.

Taylor was elected to the Jefferson County BOE in 2014 and the Jefferson County Republican Party said that he was an exemplary public servant who fought tirelessly to improve education for all who would be greatly missed.

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On Saturday, December 12, a three vehicle crash resulted in the death of one person and two more injured.

According to the Alabama State Troopers the accident happened at 1.40 a.m. on Interstate 20 one mile east of Pell City. A 2010 Mercury Mariner being driven by 29 year old Terrance Leonard Hill of Pell City collided with a 2014 Freightliner being driven by 49 year old Sonny Jerome Sweeney, of Bradenton, Florida. Hill was not wearing a seat belt and he was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. Sweeney was uninjured.

Subsequently, the Mercury Mariner was struck by a 2015 Mack tractor trailer driven by 63 year old Allen Nichols, of Gainesville, Ga. Nichols was injured along with his passenger, 31 year old Dorron Ross Howard, of Birmingham. They were both taken by ambulance to UAB Hospital.

The crash is still under investigation.

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Early on Sunday morning, September 27, a Fairfield woman died in a single vehicle crash.

According to the Alabama State Troopers, the accident happened in the early morning at around 1 a.m. on the Interstate 65 in Cullman County at mile marker 299, two miles south of Dodge City. A 2007 Chevy Tahoe SUV being driven by 23 year old Gerald Tolbert of Birmingham left the roadway and then hit a culvert and overturned. His passenger, 26 year old Shequita Wallace, was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene and another passenger, 23 year old Jasmine Woody of Birmingham was taken to a hospital in Huntsville with unknown injuries. She was also not wearing her seat belt. Tolbert was uninjured.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

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On Tuesday, August 25, a federal grand jury indicted a man from Huntsville, Alabama for involuntary manslaughter.

According to officials, 24 year old Cedric Conrood was indicted following an accident on July 3 when he was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe SUV on the Natchez Trace Parkway at around 12.30 p.m. which crossed the center line near milepost 244.5 just north of the Davis Lake exit. He then hit a Honda CRV coming in the opposite direction. In the crash, 62 year old Steven Allen Foster of Broxton Mississippi was killed and pronounced dead at the scene and his wife, Mary Katherine Foster was injured and taken to the North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC) in Tupelo.

Coonrod was also transported to NMMC along with the two passengers in his vehicle.

No trial date has yet been set for Conrood.

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On Saturday afternoon, July 19 there was a fatal accident in Mobile County.

According to Alabama State Troopers, the accident happened around 12.45 p.m. on Celeste Road near Salco Road, five miles north of Saraland. Alton George Miller aged 63 and of Chunchula was driving a 2000 Toyota Corolla when he collided with a 2000 Ford F 150 being driven by 40 year old Anthony James Herbert of Citronelle.

It is not known what caused the collision and it is still under investigation.

Miller, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene.

In Miller’s car was a passenger, 63 year old Clayton James Bradford of Mobile and he was also injured along with an 18 year old passenger. The state of their injuries is not known.

Herbert was also taken to the hospital for his injuries.

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