Funds needed for baby boy fighting for life after pregnant woman killed in Birmingham crash
Updated 10:25 AM;
Iderrika Patryce Finley, who also went by Iderrika Callens, died Monday in a rollover crash on Interstate 59/29 in Birmingham. Within hours, doctors delivered her baby, Dallas, in an emergency C-section. Not due until May 25, Dallas was born 18 inches long and weighing 5 pounds and 7 ½ ounces.
The 24-year-old pharmacy technician was on her way to work at CVS when she called her mother in a panic, saying that the brakes were failing on her Toyota 4Runner.
Iderrika Patryce Callens, 24, was killed in a rollover crash on Interstate 59/20 Monday, April 13, 2021. Her son, Dallas, was delivered in an emergency C-section. (Contributed)
Pregnant woman killed in Birmingham interstate crash ‘had a heart of gold’
Updated Apr 13, 2021;
It was a phone call that Lisa Finley will never forget, it was the last time she heard the voice of her cherished daughter.
Shortly before 10 a.m. Monday, Iderrika Finley called her mom, who was also her best friend, in a panic.
Iderrika was on the interstate on her way to work and the brakes were seemingly failing on her Toyota 4 Runner.
A CVS pharmacy technician who was to give birth next month, Iderrika was traveling northbound on Interstate 59/20 when she called her mother.
“She was telling me, ‘The truck won’t stop, the truck won’t stop. Help me, Mommy, help me,’’ Finley said. “Then I heard a scream and a crash, and I didn’t hear anything else.”
Pregnant woman dies after crash in Birmingham; baby delivered by emergency C-section Share Updated: 9:08 AM CDT Apr 14, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 9:08 AM CDT Apr 14, 2021
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Show Transcript Soon to be. Mother was killed in a horrible crash in Birmingham yesterday just shy of her 25th birthday. Her family is devastated. Just beat me up now I can t sleep knowing that she asked me for help. From the one time she needed help. I couldn t help. She always called me to fix things. I couldn t fix this no more. He could fix it. Just thinking about how she could have prevented this awful crash. It s what s troubling lisa Finley. She said she was on the phone with her daughter, Erica Patrice Callens. Moments before she crashed on interstate 59 north at Avenue. I when you got the news take us through that. How did you find out? Actually? I was on the phone with her when she crashed she called me and she said mom this truck