Updated: August 8, 2017

THIS WEEKEND TWO SEPARATE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS HAPPENED IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY WHICH RESULTED IN DEATHS.ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, THE FIRST ACCIDENT OCCURRED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AT 1:30 AM. THE VEHICLE INVOLVED WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON LAUDERDALE 85 WHEN IT LOST CONTROL AND WENT OFF THE ROADWAY INTO TWO TREES AND BURST INTO FLAMES. THE DRIVER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND HAS YET TO BE IDENTIFIED. THE SECOND ACCIDENT OCCURRED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 3:33 PM. MICHAEL WAYNE MONTGOMERY, 34, WAS TRAVELING EAST ON ALABAMA 64 WHEN HIS MOTORCYCLE COLLIDED WITH A FARM TRUCK TRYING TO TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY. MONTGOMERY DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING THE ACCIDENT. BOTH ACCIDENTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION AND MAKE THE 27TH AND 28TH FATALITIES IN THE NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGION.