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Authorities ID 2 young men killed in rollover crash on Interstate 59 in Fairfield
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
Authorities have released the names of two people killed in a Saturday crash on Interstate 59 in Fairfield.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Montez Undra Tolbert Jr., 25, of Bessemer, and Bishop Jones, 23, of Hueytown.
The crash happened at 12:45 p.m. Saturday near the 118-mile marker in the southbound lanes of I-59. According to Alabama State Trooper Justin O’Neal, two vehicles sideswiped each other, causing one of them – a Chevrolet Cobalt - to lose control, run off the roadway and overturn.
Tolbert and Jones were ejected from the vehicle. Both were pronounced dead on the scene at 12:46 p.m.