Vehicle accidents have become an increasing problem and no amount of legislation can replace sound diver judgement or awareness in curbing this growing trend, Alabama attorney Keith T. Belt says

Five people were killed and 4  injured in a 6-vehicle wreck on the eastbound lane of Interstate 10 between mile markers 62 and 63, which is at the overpass over Martin Bluff Road in Gautier. Two of the injured taken to Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula and two others taken to Ocean Springs Hospital. The wreck involved an 18-wheeler, a van, two pickup trucks, a car and sport utility vehicle with one of the vehicles towing a horse trailer carrying 5 horses and one horse was killed.

Four the 5 victims in a fiery 6-vehicle wreck on Interstate 10 Wednesday have been identified by Jackson County Coroner Vicki Broadus. Two of the victims are from Moss Point and 2 are from Mobile, Alabama, they were identified as Steven Johnson and Thomas Andrews with no ages available. Johnson was a supervisor with MAS Construction of Mobile and the driver of a pickup truck that collided into the rear of an 18-wheeler. The identity of a Hispanic male in the pickup truck with Johnson could not release  because his family had not been contacted. Andrews was a district manager for Dollar Stores and was in a car that burned.

The Moss Point victims were identified as Sabriya Thomas Barnes, 29, and Alayah Wesley, 5, who were in a van involved in the crash at the Martin Bluff Road overpass in Gautier.

The wreck happened in the eastbound lanes of I-10, just east of the Gautier-Vancleave Road exit and eastbound I-10 was closed at the Miss. 57 exit, about five miles west of the wreck, until 9 p.m. with all traffic diverted to U.S. 90 through Pascagoula and Moss Point before returning to the interstate.

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Belt Law Firm, P.C., is an Alabama personal injury law firm that represents the victims of dangerous and defective products throughout the communities of Birmingham, Bessemer, Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Jasper, Homewood, Jefferson County, Shelby County, Walker County, Blount County and Saint Clair County. Although the firm’s focus is on regional litigation in Alabama, the firm’s attorneys have also represented clients in Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Delaware. To learn more, call the firm toll-free at (888) 933-1514 or use its online form.