TALLADEGA COUNTY–A woman was killed after a train struck the vehicle she was a passenger in Sunday afternoon, according to ALEA Senior Trooper Vu Quang.
At approximately 4:40 p.m., Breana N. Fontenot of Denham Springs, Louisiana was fatally injured when the 2014 Ford F-150 she was a passenger in was hit by a train near at the intersection of Talladega County 207 and the CXS railroad-crossing, approximately five miles west of Talladega.
Fontenot, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Ford, Grant D. Conner, 26, of Bay Springs, Mississippi, was injured and transported to Citizens Baptist Medical Center in Talladega.
Troopers with ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division will continue to investigate.