Current:Home > MarketsWoman killed after wrench 'flew through' car windshield on Alabama highway: report-InfoLens
Woman killed after wrench 'flew through' car windshield on Alabama highway: report
View Date:2025-01-11 19:07:32
An Alabama woman died in a tragic accident earlier this month after debris struck her while in the passenger seat of a vehicle traveling on the highway, local media reported.
Earlie Harris' son was driving her to work on Interstate 65 when a wrench randomly blasted through the windshield, ultimately killing her on Aug. 8, WSFA reported.
“All of a sudden, something flew through the window," her son, Cedric, told the outlet. "I ducked down and looked up, and my mom was bleeding, and I pulled off the interstate."
First responders, including Montgomery police, arrived at the scene and reportedly discovered that the 58-year-old had fatal injuries. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
It's unclear how the wrench ended up flying on the highway, but the family believes it came from a truck, per the report.
The Montgomery Police Department told USA TODAY in a statement Thursday morning that an investigation is ongoing and that there were no updates.
Deadly accidents:2 Delta employees killed, 1 injured after tire explodes at Atlanta airport facility
Reward offered for information leading to the identification of the driver
Harris' loved ones have taken to social media, asking the public to contact law enforcement with any information in their quest for answers. The family is working with Beasley Allen Law Firm and attorneys are offering a $1,000 reward, WSFA reported.
"A huge metal object/wrench went through the windshield, killing our client as she traveled southbound," the law firm said in a statement. "We are offering a reward for the positive ID of the northbound driver responsible for the metal object/ wrench."
Attorney LaBarron Boone believes there are drivers who saw the tool fall on the road.
“It didn’t hit them, and maybe they just continued, but it did end up killing Ms. Earlie Harris, an unbelievable servant," Boone told the news station.
Cedric described his mother as "the glue" of the family.
USA TODAY reached out to Beasley Allen Law Firm for additional comment.
Taylor Ardrey is a news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at tardrey@gannett.com.
veryGood! (3)
Related
- Donna Kelce Includes Sweet Nod to Taylor Swift During Today Appearance With Craig Melvin
- NYC Council approves bill banning solitary confinement in city jails
- Chris Christie outlines his national drug crisis plan, focusing on treatment and stigma reduction
- ICHCOIN Trading Center: A Historical Review
- Food prices worried most voters, but Trump’s plans likely won’t lower their grocery bills
- ICHCOIN Trading Center: A Historical Review
- New Beauty I'm Obsessed With This Month: Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez, Murad, Maybelline, and More
- Immigration helped fuel rise in 2023 US population. Here's where the most growth happened.
- Who will be in the top 12? Our College Football Playoff ranking projection
- Mortgage rate for a typical home loan falls to 6.8% — lowest since June
Ranking
- Song Jae-lim, Moon Embracing the Sun Actor, Dead at 39
- 'Barbie's Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach are married
- A passenger hid bullets in a baby diaper at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. TSA officers caught him
- Mortgage rate for a typical home loan falls to 6.8% — lowest since June
- New Pentagon report on UFOs includes hundreds of new incidents but no evidence of aliens
- Too late to buy an Apple Watch for Christmas? Apple pauses Ultra 2, Series 9 sales
- At least 100 elephant deaths in Zimbabwe national park blamed on drought, climate change
- AP PHOTOS: Young Kenyan ballet dancers stage early Christmas performance for their community
Recommendation
-
Black, red or dead: How Omaha became a hub for black squirrel scholarship
-
Man accused in assaults on trail now charged in 2003 rape, murder of Philadelphia medical student
-
Suriname’s ex-dictator sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 1982 killings of political opponents
-
More than 150 names linked to Jeffrey Epstein to be revealed in Ghislaine Maxwell lawsuit
-
'Treacherous conditions' in NYC: Firefighters battling record number of brush fires
-
Hospital that initially treated Irvo Otieno failed to meet care standards, investigation finds
-
Federal judge blocks California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places
-
Arizona man arrested for allegedly making online threats against federal agents and employees