Four people air lifted following wreck on U.S. Highway 80 East
Published 6:06 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Four people were air lifted following a collision between a Dallas County dump truck and a semi truck.
Four people were airlifted Tuesday afternoon to hospitals in Montgomery and Birmingham after an accident involving a semi-trailer truck and a Dallas County dump truck.
The accident happened shortly before 4 p.m. in the eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 80 near Westwood Drive.
“We have one [victim] that I know is in critical condition, and the other three … I think they’re stable,” said Capt. Franklin Edwards with the Selma Fire Department.
Alabama State Trooper Reginal King said all four victims are in serious condition as troopers continue to investigate.
First responders on the scene extract the driver of the semi truck.
Dallas County Probate Judge Kim Ballard said he was informed that the semi truck hit the back of a dump truck, knocking it airborne.
The dump truck is used to carry asphalt and was coming back from a paving project and was following a backhoe when the accident happened, according to Ballard.
Edwards said that Care Ambulance, Potter’s Station Volunteer Fire Department, Selma Fire Department, Alabama State Troopers and the Alabama Highway Department responded to the call.
King said more information is expected to be released as it becomes available.
