Victims identified in deadly semi-truck crash
EUFAULA, Ala (WDHN) — Two people are dead after an early morning crash involving a semi-truck in Eufaula.
Barbour County Coroner Chip Chapman identified the victims as 25-year-old Francisco Lopez and 29-year-old Amilkar Nicholas, both of Eufaula.
The crash occurred around 2:10 a.m. Wednesday.
Eufaula Police say an 18-wheeler was driving southbound on North Eufaula Avenue, near Highway 82, when a car with three occupants, including Lopez and Nicholas, pulled into the roadway.
The semi-truck hit the car, killing two men. The third passenger was rushed to Southeast Medical Center in Dothan.
The driver of the 18-wheeler was treated at Medical Center Barbour.
The crash is under investigation by the Eufaula Police Department Traffic Homicide Division.
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