From the Tribune staff reports
TUSCALOOSA The intersection of McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street in Tuscaloosa has been closed after a Sunday morning crash killed one person, according to police. The collision occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m.
Crash in Tuscaloosa kills one person. Photo credit Stacy Coussement Hewitt Bunn
The crash involved five vehicles including an Alabama State Trooper. The trooper is reportedly okay. The name of the deceased person has not been released.
According to the Alabama Department of Transportation, it is not known how long the intersection will be closed as the accident reconstruction team investigates the crash.
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ALDOT prepares synchronization project along Highway 59 in Foley
Plans in place to synchronize entire 59 corridor Posted
By Jessica Vaughn
FOLEY - The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is preparing to begin a synchronization project on Foley traffic lights along Highway 59. The work will be part of ALDOT’s RTOP (Regional Traffic Operations Program.) After the new technology is installed, motorists can expect to find more traffic signals synchronized to be green simultaneously, allowing for improved traffic flow. These improvements will contribute to reduced wrecks, quicker evacuations during emergency situations, more consistency, less fuel used and less pollution.
From The Tribune staff reports
MONTGOMERY The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) honored a worker killed on duty by celebrating a National Work Zone Memorial. Leo H. Fournier, Jr. was added to the memorial.
Fournier was killed in 2017 while working on the Atlanta Highway in Montgomery. A drunk driver struck him and two other survey crew members on the side of the road.
“Fournier graduated from Tuskegee University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering,” ALDOT said in a press release. “He worked for ALDOT for almost 9 years and previously worked with Ford Motor Company as a supplier quality engineer in Detroit, Michigan and as a quality engineer with T&WA in Montgomery. He was married and was an avid reader, a sports enthusiast and loved to travel.”
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The Alabama Department of Transportation advises motorists that U.S. 11 between Hammondville and Sulphur Springs in DeKalb County reopened this afternoon. The highway was closed to through traffic for the past year, during replacement of the bridge over Dry Creek.
The bridge is now complete. About 60 feet longer and 20 feet wider than the old bridge constructed in 1928, the new bridge will provide improved safety for motorists. The Bridge Builders of Alabama is the contractor on the $2,699,178 project.