re: Horrific multi vehicle crash shuts down I-65 in South Alabama

Probably shouldn’t post this in respect to those involved. But this is a terrifying stretch of interstate in the summer. This is sad and I feel for everyone impacted. But a wreck like this happens every so often on this stretch of interstate during the summer. I think it is a combination of overly aggressive driving headed south, tired/sunburned folks headed north, and big trucks. The worst wreck I have ever seen in person i came upon just south of Greenville in the Brewton/Repton area. A mini van headed north bound from the beach lost control, crossed the median, and struck an SUV headed southbound towards the beach. All 8 people in those vehicles died on impact. Vehicles in the north bound lane behind the wreck also got involved, and one f-250 ended up centering a pine tree in the woods hurting the passenger very badly. Other vehicles behind them hit the debris and were heavily damaged but there were no serious injuries. It looked as much like an airplane crash as a car wreck, and you could not tell what type of vehicle either of the two that collided head on were prior to the crash. I was headed south and got there just before troopers and fire/emt arrived. Pretty helpless feeling when there are two vehicles full on people destroyed, dead and on fire and nothing you can do. Before that, twenty eight years ago when I was a senior in highschool, I went to the saddest wake I have ever been to. A kid that went to another high school and was a year younger than me (but who was pretty good friends with a friend of mine) fell asleep while driving home from the beach and crashed. He walked away from the wreck with no physical injuries, but it killed his mother and both his sisters. He fell asleep driving home from the beach, and when he did everyone else was also asleep. His father had left their vacation a few days earlier because of work. He was 17 years old, was not drunk or under the influence, just worn out, and he killed his whole family. Seeing the two of them at that wake was about the saddest thing I have seen and can’t imagine the grief and regret.

Slow down, don’t be aggressive, and if you are tired pull over and take a nap or get a red bull.