Rural highways turn deadly, claiming lives of two men
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala. - Two men died overnight on Wednesday in separate Houston County accidents, both one-vehicle collisions.
The first, according to information released Thursday morning by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency , occurred at around 8:30 p.m. when a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 52-year-old Craig Burk of Cottonwood failed to heed a stop sign along Gin Road near Madrid and struck an embankment. Burk was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash, according to ALEA, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd said in the second collision, a man ran another stop sign and slammed into Memphis Baptist Church.The church appeared to have incurred minor damage.
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