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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