On Sunday, June 14, 2015, at approximately 4:21am a three vehicle traffic accident occurred on Interstate 59 North just before the 4th Avenue South exit. Two occupants of one vehicle passed away at the scene due to injuries sustained in the accident. The occupants of the other vehicles were transported by Birmingham Fire and Rescue to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. This is an ongoing investigation as the traffic homicide investigators work to determine a cause of this traffic accident. The identity of those killed in the accident will be released at a later time once next of kin notifications have been made
