Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL - Accident News and Resources including car, bicycle, motorcycle and truck accidents and much more.
Mobile, Alabama – The birthplace of Mardi Gras
Mobile is the third most populous city in Alabama, the most populous in Mobile County, and the largest municipality on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Petersburg, Florida. The city gained its name from the Mobile tribe that the French colonists encountered. Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the United States and has the oldest celebration, dating to the early 18th century during the French colonial period. Mobile had a population of 195,111 in 2010. It's major industries are medicine and research, retail trade, aerospace, construction and manufacturing.
Pensacola, Florida - The cradle of naval aviation
Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 51,923. Nicknamed "The City of Five Flags", Pensacola has a diverse history, having flown at various times under the flags of Spain, France, England, the Confederate States of America, and the United States. It is the home to the Blue Angels flight demonstration team and the National Museum of Naval Aviation, a fact which earned Pensacola its alternate nickname: the "Cradle of Naval Aviation". To help residents and visitors alike, the State of Alabama government site provides a high-quality site with road conditions, weather conditions, and maps. You can go here to get current weather conditions in Mobile. For residents and travelers in Pensacola, there is really good information at the City of Pensacola site.
In Accident Data Center, find information on recent Mobile and Pensacola accidents here:
- Mobile-Pensacola car accidents;
- Mobile-Pensacola pedestrian accidents;
- Mobile-Pensacola motorcycle accidents;
- Mobile-Pensacola boat accidents;
- Mobile-Pensacola truck accidents;
- Mobile-Pensacola bicycle accidents;
- Mobile-Pensacola aircraft accidents.
Major hospitals in the Mobile-Pensacola area:
University of South Alabama Medical Center - Mobile;
Sacred Heart Health System - Pensacola;
West Florida Hospital - Pensacola;
Baptist Health Care - Pensacola.
When someone is injured in an accident in the Mobile-Pensacola region, it is important to gather information about what happens next.
Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and what issues an injured person needs to be aware of by going to this link.
What to do after a serious injury accident in Mobile-Pensacola
When someone has been injured or killed in a motor-vehicle collision in Mobile-Pensacola, the accident victim and their family members are left with medical bills, lost income, and other costs. It is important to get legal assistance to help the accident victim recover, or when the accident is fatal, to help the family members get fully compensated for their losses. Learn more about how a Mobile personal injury attorney will help injured victims and families.
Legal Data Center
Accident reports by county
Most recent accident reports
Bobby Malcolm Jamaal Lewis was driving on U.S. Highway 84 around 11 p.m. when he lost control of his car and it left the roadway, striking a tree. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time.
At about 7:30pm, Bartlett was riding in a car on driven by Shannon P. Bonner, 42, I-65 and reportedly not wearing a seat belt when it collided with another vehicle.
Around 9 p.m. Ann Marie Brown, 45, from Castleberry, died when the 1997 Harley Davidson motorcycle she was a passenger on crashed with a 2013 Volvo tractor trailer on Interstate 65,17 miles southwest of Evergreen.
A tractor-trailer rear-ended another vehicle on Interstate 65, causing a chain reaction crash that involved six other vehicles. One person and at least five other people were injured in the incident.
A crash occured on Interstate 65 near exit 69 that involved mutliple vehicles, including multiple commercial vehicles. One person was killed. Traffic in the area was detoured during the invstigation and reopened once the scene was cleared.
The people involved in a boat crash this weekend in Orange Beach along the Intercostal Waterway Canal between Gulf Shores and Orange Beach have been identified as 42-year-old Jason Benjamin Shepherd of Chickasaw, 45-year-old Jeffrey Kevin Hi
An aircraft was attempting to land around noon at Jack Edwards National Airportwhen it crashed, substantiially damaging its left wing. Two men were onboard at the time of the crash. One was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
Van Tracy Chaney of Natchez, Mississippi was killed when the 1999 Toyota Tacoma he was driving crashed head-on with a 2000 Nissan Frontier.
It was about 4:30 p.m. when a strong thunderstorm with high winds ravaged Mobile Bay, unfortunately at the same time the Daphin Island Regatta sailboat race was taking place. Of the 119 boats involved in the race, the storm capsized ten of them.
George Chiribao was struck by a motorcyclist on April 28th on East Michigan Avenue. The motorcyclist fled the scene, and Chiribao was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Sharen Shields was riding in a car on Highway 98 and Ralph Schumacher Lane with two other people when their vehicle was rear-ended while stopped in traffic. The force of the impact pushed the car 30 feet.
Reginald LaBarron Chambers was riding his 2005 Hummer at about 6:50 p.m. when for unknown reasons his vehicle left the roadway and struck a bridge pylon. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Prichard Police are seeking help from the public to find the driver in a fatal hit-and-run crash. Darnell Oshea Powe of Whistler was walking on Wolf Ridge Road when he was hit and killed Friday evening before 9:30 p.m.
