Woman dead, Marshall Co. man airlifted following wreck in Blount Co.

LOCUST FORK, Ala. (WAFF) - A woman has died and a man from Marshall County was airlifted after a wreck in Blount County on Friday, officials say.

According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), a two-vehicle wreck happened around 7:33 p.m. on Highway 79 in Locust Fork near mile marker 26.

Officials said a 2010 Mazda 3 driven by Kali M. Heaton, 31, of Remlap, collided head-on with a 2023 Ford Ranger driven by Joshua Cory Dean Carr, 44, of Arab.

ALEA said Heaton was pronounced dead at the scene.

Carr was airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham.

The incident remains under investigation by ALEA.

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