After attending a high school prom together in Alabama, several teens lost their lives after being involved in a car accident over the weekend.
According to AL.com, a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old died in a car accident in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Saturday morning after the two walked out of a local high school prom. the two teenagers, Samuel Brown, 18, and Madison Sims17, died after allegedly riding in a 2022 Tesla that collided with a tractor-trailer near Interstate 20/59 and Skyland Boulevard East in Tuscaloosa around 1:50 a.m.
The couple had just attended the prom at Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa together early Saturday morning.
Brown attended RC Hatch High School in Uniontown, Perry County, where he played on the football team. “To say we will miss him would be an understatement,” Hatch High School posted on its Facebook page.
Sims attended Bryant High School in Cottondale and was an athlete and a member of the track team.
“We extend our sincere condolences to the Brown and Sims family,” the Perry County School District’s post said. “We ask that you all keep in your thoughts and prayers as we navigate the coming days together.”
Police officers in Tuscaloosa said the two teens died when the Tesla 2022 they were driving collided with a semi truck on Skyland Boulevard East and Interstate 20/59 at about 1:50 a.m. The Tesla was reportedly pinned under the truck’s trailer. Four occupants in the car were trapped.
Sims drove the Tesla while Brown sat in the front seat. They were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Two other occupants of the vehicle were injured but survived.
One of the unidentified passengers was an 18-year-old woman from Montgomery. She was taken to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital with serious injuries, while the other victim, a 17-year-old woman from Marion, was taken to Druid City Hospital Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa with minor injuries. She was listed in good condition.