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| Ala. Inmate Killed, Three Injured While Working Road Detail |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/25/2003 |
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An Alabama prison inmate was killed and three others injured Thursday when a motorist struck them as they worked a cleanup detail beside a highway, state troopers said. The inmates were picking up debris along Interstate 65 near the Montgomery city limit about 11:15 a.m. when the driver of a small car slammed into a concrete barrier, spun out of control and struck the group, trooper Lt. Chris Williams said. Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said Jeffery Allan Holt, 40, serving seven years for felony DUI from Limestone County, was killed. Nigel Hamilton, 37, serving 20 years on drug charge from Walker County, and Eddie Aaron, 54, serving a 15-year drug sentence from Bibb County, remained in a Montgomery hospital Thursday afternoon, Corbett said. Inmate Ron Woolen, 30, serving 20 years for burglary and theft from Madison County, was treated and released at the emergency room and returned to Staton Correctional Facility, Corbett said. Four people in the vehicle also were hurt and taken to a hospital, Williams said. The nature of their injuries was not immediately available. Holt was the second Alabama inmate in the last two weeks to be struck and killed while working road detail. Dairron Clark, 33, a work-release inmate from Dothan, was hit April 11 by a minivan on Interstate 10 in Mobile. Clark was serving life in prison for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a prisons spokesman said. Corbett said the corrections department is concerned with inmate safety and will take a look at work squads to see if safety can be improved. 'We're also going to look at this investigation to see what it reveals as to the cause of the accident,' Corbett said. 'The inmates in this work crew were wearing orange reflective vests and there were signs posted for motorists to notify them that workers were present.' |
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