Two Killed in Collision with Eighteen Wheeler

Two women riding in the back of a pickup truck were fatally injured on Tuesday afternoon when the vehicle was struck by an eighteen wheeler.

Both Geneva Gardner, age 40 and Winter Waites, age 35 – were killed in that wreck at Jackson Trace Road and the Highway 275 Bypass in Talladega at around 4:00pm according to Talladega County Coroner Shaddix Murphy.

Murphy stated that the pickup went through a stop sign and was struck by the big rig.

Two other people who were in the pickup were air-lifted to a Birmingham area hospital for the treatment of their injuries however no additional information has been released.

(al.com/www.al.com)

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