Mortimer Jordan HS student killed in vehicle crash on her 17th birthday

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - The teenage victim of a two-vehicle crash in Jefferson County Wednesday has been identified.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched the intersection of Mount Olive Road and Warrior Jasper Road at around noon Wednesday, Feb. 28 for a wreck.

When they arrived, deputies found a pickup truck and a work truck had collided at the intersection that sits between Warrior and Sumiton. There were three females in the pickup truck, one of which was a teenager.

The teenager, 17-year-old Dakota Elizabeth Graves, of Morris, was pronounced dead on the scene.

The coroner’s office confirmed Graves was killed on her 17th birthday. She was an 11th grade student at Mortimer Jordan High School.

The other two women and the adult man driving the work truck were all transported to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the cause of the accident.

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