Authorities ID 1 of 2 women killed following Sunday police chase, crash in Bessemer
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Date: Jan 23 2017 2:21 PM
Authorities on Monday released the name of one of two women killed when a police chase ended in a crash.
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the victim as Stacie Carroll Williams. She was 36, and the mother of two children. The name of the second victim, also an adult female, is still being withheld pending notification of her family members.
The crash happened about 2:40 a.m. Sunday. Bessemer police Sgt. Cortice Miles said officers made a traffic stop at the intersection of 16th Street and 7th Avenue North. When police approached the vehicle, the driver fled at a high rate of speed.
Police caught up to the Honda at the intersection of 9th Avenue and 19th Street North, as a Ford SUV crashed into the fleeing car.
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