COVINGTON COUNTY, Ala. (WDNews) – Two children were killed in a head-on crash Friday night in Covington County, according to the Opp Police Department.
The wreck happened around 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 84 and Cool Springs Road. It involved a passenger car and an SUV.
Police said the young victims, a boy and girl both under 10, died at the scene. Their names are not released.
A woman driving the vehicle, identified by family friends as a relative of the children, was taken to the hospital in serious condition.
Those in the second vehicle also suffered serious injuries, though no further details on their condition were immediately available.
Opp Police said the cause of the crash remains under investigation with help from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Traffic Homicide Unit.
