Posted on 11/20/2007 11:04:35 AM PST by misterrob
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — A van driven by former University of Alabama football star Siran Stacy was struck by a pickup at an intersection and six people were killed, including Stacy's wife and four of his children, state troopers said Tuesday.
The driver of the second vehicle also was killed, said Dorris Teague, a spokeswoman for the state troopers.
Stacy, 39, a star running back for Alabama during 1989-91, was listed in stable condition in surgical intensive care at Flowers Hospital in Dothan. He was the first pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1992 draft, but never carried the ball in the NFL.
State trooper Sgt. Tracy Nelson said the pickup was on the wrong side of the road when it struck Stacy's van on the passenger side late Monday at an intersection on U.S. 84 about six miles west of Dothan.
"He hit them broadside, T-boned them at the intersection there," said Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd.
"I've never had anything like that in my life and I've been doing this for 20 years," Byrd said. "The truck that hit the car was on the passenger side and the impact was substantial."
Stacy's 3-year-old daughter, Shelly, was taken to Children's Hospital in Birmingham, which did not release her condition.
Byrd identified the victims as Stacy's wife, Ellen Stacy, 36; children Lequisa, 18, Bronson, 10, Sidney, 8, and Ellie, 2, all of Newton in southeast Alabama; and pickup driver Adam W. Wayman, 29, of Dothan.
This is too sad for words.
Very sad story.
Prayers up!!
Sigh. What did Laura Ingraham say last night on “The Factor?”
About a dozen Americans are killed by drunk illegal alien drivers on any given day.
About a dozen Americans are killed by drunk illegal alien drivers on any given day.
"and pickup driver Adam W. Wayman, 29, of Dothan." Does not sound illegal to me????
Prayers for them all...
Just heard on the radio down here,,Hard news to hear..
I'm sure you are prepared to explain what the heck THAT has to do with this horrible story.
Prayers up!
this is horrific!
And the # of posts to Illegal Immigration thread hijack is 4.
You forgot that the presumption of illegality is a requirement for those who apparently unable to think of nothing else. Fanaticism of any kind does not care about people as much as it cares about labels.
Prayers for Mr. Stacy and his little girl. What a horrible, horrible loss.
Fanatics don't need reasons.
Nov. 19: A van driven by former University of Alabama football star Siran
Stacy was struck by a pickup truck at an intersection, killing six people.
This 1989 handout from the University of Alabama shows former Alabama
football player Siran Stacy.
He could be a mountain man, though.
You read a story like this, and words fail you.
God help the surviving family members.
prayers needed here
Looks like they cut into the vehicle.
Stacy is a man who has showed tendencies towards violence. I hope that this tragedy doesn’t push him to a bad place. He still has one child fighting for her own life and will need him to be a bigger man than he has ever shown to date.
How very tragic. Prayers for the Stacy family. This brings the song, “It is well with my soul” to mind.
I vaguely recall I had a class or two with Mr. Stacy at Bama. I am stunned by this news.
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