Two traffic fatalities occur in Marion County within last week

A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 1:05 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, has claimed the life of a Brilliant man. Christopher R. Camp, 43, was critically injured when the 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport he was driving collided head-on with a 2021 Kenworth T440 concrete mixer driven by Daniel N. Smith, 57, of Hackleburg. After the initial collision, the Land Rover overturned. Camp was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash.
Camp was transported to Northwest Regional Health in Winfield for treatment, where he later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased. Smith was also injured and transported to Northwest Regional Health for treatment.
The crash occurred on Alabama Highway253 near Interstate 22, approximately three miles north of Winfield, in Marion County.
Nothing further is available as troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.

A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, has claimed the life of a Phil Campbell man. Stephen K. Lauderdale, 46, was fatally injured when the 2007 Honda CR-V he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. After the initial impact, the Honda overturned down an embankment and struck a fence. On Monday, Nov. 11, Lauderdale was located and pronounced deceased at the scene.
 The crash occurred on Alabama Highway 172 near Tessner Road, approximately one mile east of Hackleburg, in Marion County.
Nothing further is available as troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.