The family members died of blunt force trauma, Chilton County Coroner Arron Ellison confirms to PEOPLE
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- Three family members died after an SUV crossed the median on an Alabama interstate and struck a pickup truck head-on on Monday, July 20
- The driver of the second vehicle was transported to a hospital for injuries, and a third vehicle sustained damage in the crash
- An investigation into the incident is ongoing
Three members of the same family are dead following a devastating multi-vehicle crash in central Alabama.
On Monday, July 20, just after 11 a.m. local time, a GMC Envoy operated by Valerie J. Granville, a 65-year-old woman from Montgomery, Ala., went over the median on Interstate 65 and struck a GMC Sierra pickup head-on, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency confirmed to PEOPLE in a statement.
The impact from the collision between the truck and SUV sent debris into a Nissan Sentra driven by Drema Webb, a 48-year-old woman from Crossville, Tenn., causing damage to the third vehicle…