Victims ID’d in Monday morning wreck

Published 7:09 pm Monday, August 31, 2020

Troopers continue to investigate a fatal wreck that left three dead Monday.

The wreck occurred around 11:30 a.m. in front of a Dollar General on U.S. 72, near the intersection of Parker Road. Authorities identified the victims as 80-year-old Nancy Martin Carroll Russell of Athens, 30-year-old Levi Chase Gordon of Athens and a 13-year-old passenger in Russell’s vehicle. 

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said no one involved in the accident was wearing a seat belt, and each was pronounced dead at the scene.