Slidell Woman Killed in Multi-Vehicle Crash on I-10 Bayway Near Daphne
A 65-year-old Slidell, Louisiana woman was killed Wednesday night in a multi-vehicle crash on the Interstate 10 Bayway in Baldwin County, and two other people were airlifted to USA Health University Hospital with serious injuries (NBC 15).
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency identified the woman as Carolyn J. Hunt-Loga, 65, who was pronounced dead at the scene (FOX10). The crash happened at about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, on I-10 near U.S. 90, roughly a mile west of the Daphne city limits (WKRG).
Our condolences go out to Mrs. Hunt-Loga’s family, and our thoughts are with the two injured as they recover.
What ALEA reports
Troopers say Mrs. Hunt-Loga was driving a 2015 Mazda 6 when it was struck by a 2018 Dodge 3500 pickup driven by Benito Sanchez, 21, of Henderson, Texas. The impact pushed the Mazda into a 2011 Kenworth tractor-trailer driven by Jose Jesus Perez-Macias, 48, of Frisco, Texas according to NBC 15 News reports.
Sanchez was airlifted to USA Health University Hospital. A passenger in the Mazda, Barbara E. Hunt, 67, of Dedham, Massachusetts, was also airlifted there, and according to Fox 10 News, ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division is still investigating, and a cause has not been released.
Stopped traffic and a lane shift
One driver who came upon the scene minutes after the wreck said traffic on the Bayway had come to a standstill. Charles Hults, driving west from Pensacola toward Little Rock, told FOX10 that construction signs had already directed traffic into the right lane before he reached the crash site. His Meta camera glasses recorded the aftermath.
How fault gets sorted in a multi-vehicle wreck
Crashes involving three or more vehicles raise questions that two-car wrecks usually don’t. Investigators have to work out the sequence of impacts, which driver’s actions started the chain, and whether any vehicle was already disabled or stopped before being struck. Skid marks, debris fields, vehicle damage patterns, electronic data recorders, and witness statements all factor in.
Alabama follows a doctrine called contributory negligence, one of only a handful of states that still does. Under that rule, an injured person who is even slightly at fault for a wreck can be barred from recovering damages. Passengers aren’t exposed to that bar in the same way drivers are, but the question of which driver caused the chain still controls whose insurance pays. The investigation phase, and the order in which events unfolded, often decides whether anyone recovers anything.
Commercial truck involvement adds another layer
When a tractor-trailer is part of a fatal wreck, federal regulations come into play alongside Alabama traffic law. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration requires interstate truck drivers to keep electronic logs, observe hours-of-service limits, and follow inspection and maintenance rules. Crash investigators routinely request those records, along with the truck’s data recorder and post-crash drug and alcohol testing results. Our overview of big-truck wreck claims covers what families typically need to gather early.
Out-of-state drivers and out-of-state carriers complicate the process further. The vehicles in this wreck were registered in Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Texas. When a crash on an Alabama interstate involves drivers and trucks based elsewhere, claims often get coordinated across multiple insurance carriers, and questions about jurisdiction, choice of law, and uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage can determine what compensation, if any, the surviving family and injured passengers ever see.
If you use the Bayway
The Bayway corridor remains under active construction. ALDOT’s ALGO Traffic alerts is the most current sources for lane closures and incident updates. Slowing well before posted construction zones, keeping longer following distances at night, and avoiding sudden lane changes near merging traffic all help on that stretch.
Greene & Phillips has handled Alabama interstate wrecks for years from our Mobile office. Anyone with questions about a serious crash can reach the firm at (251) 300-2000 or through our car accident page.
