From Tribune staff reports
BLOUNT COUNTY — Alabama State Troopers said a 70-year-old Marshall County woman was killed in a two vehicle crash on Thursday in Blount County.
“A two-vehicle crash at approximately 12:50 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, has claimed the life of an Union Grove woman,” Trooper Brandon Bailey said. “Jeannette Harbin Townsend, 70, was fatally injured when the 2018 Honda Pilot she was driving crossed the center-line and collided with a 2015 Chevy Equinox.”
Townsend was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the Chevy Equinox was injured and transported by helicopter to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The crash occurred on U.S. 231 near Thomas Yates Road, approximately six miles south of Arab.
No further information is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.
