multiple people killed in multi-vehicle crash on I-85 in Chambers County © Provided by Montgomery-Selma WSFA
Story By Alexis Thornton and Jessie Gibson with WTVM
LANETT, Ala. (WTVM) – Multiple people have been killed due to a multi-vehicle accident on I-85 in Chambers County.
Officials say the accident happened on December 11 at approximately 6:26 a.m. near exit 77 in Alabama. Traffic is being re-routed off I-85 SB near exit 6.
Upon arrival, first responders found multiple collisions at exit 77 with multiple injuries.
They say one collision involving two passenger vehicles which resulted in the death of 40-year-old Byungock Shim, of Auburn.
Another collision involving two semi-tractor trailers also at exit 77 resulted in the death of 34-year-old Jonathon Bennett Kelly, of Wadesboro, North Carolina.
The two victims were pronounced deceased at the scene By Chambers County Deputy Coroner Levi Richardson.
The accidents were part of a chain reaction from an accident at mile marker 74-75 which the subjects were injured. One subject was life flighted to a surrounding hospital and another subject in that accident was transported by East Alabama Fire and EMS to a local hospital with non-life threating injuries.
