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Corrections van crash fatal for seven
By WSFA 12
Published: 10/06/2008

ALABAMA - The Department of Corrections has confirmed the names of the victims in the fatal crash early Friday morning. They are: Julius Bouier of Eufaula; Lionel Moore of Union Springs; John Foye, Senior of Tuskegee; Brandon Anglin of Clayton; Henry Simmons, Senior of Union Springs; Derrick Ivey of Union Springs and the van driver was Rodney Kelly of Abbeville. State troopers say those people died when a tractor-trailer smashed into a van carrying prospective Department of Correction employees.

When the wrecker crew pulled the D.O.C. van from under the tractor trailer, it was burned almost beyond recognition. Exactly how the accident happened is still under investigation but the accident scene does offer some clues. There were no skid marks on the street, and it looked like the tractor-trailer was traveling east in one lane and the van was traveling west in the other. The tractor-trailer crossed the median pushing the van to the side of the road and that's when they burst into flames.Read more.

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