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12 dead in Alabama due to Claudette, including 10 children

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Ten people, including nine children, were killed Saturday in a fiery multi-vehicle crash about 35 miles south of Montgomery on Interstate 65, according to Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock.
ATLANTA — Ten people, including nine children, were killed Saturday in a fiery multivehicle crash about 35 miles south of Montgomery on Interstate 65. Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock said the vehicles likely hydroplaned on wet roads, with eight children, ages 4 to 17, killed in a van belonging to a youth ranch for abused or neglected children operated by the Alabama Sheriffs Association. Two people died in separate vehicle, according to Garlock — 29-year-old Cody Fox and his 9-month-old daughter, Ariana, both of Marion County, Tenn. “He was a great guy and we’re really gonna miss him,” said Aaron Sanders, who worked with Fox at the emergency management agency in Marion County.

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