Trending Now - Four Fatalities in Alabama Car Accident During Police Chase

WHO:

ABC News - The driver was identified as 27-year-old Tykevious D. Russaw, of Eufaula.

CBS News - The passengers were identified as 27-year-old Robert D. Hall and 24-year-old Quamay Richardson, of Clayton. The teenage passenger was not identified.

WHAT:

ABC News - Four people died when a car being pursued by an Alabama state trooper went off the road and hit a tree.

CBS News - The driver and two passengers, one of them a 17-year-old, were not wearing seat belts and were thrown from the sedan. The third passenger was not ejected, but all four were pronounced dead at the scene.

CBS News - The vehicle involved was a 2022 Hyundai Elantra.

WHERE:

ABC News - The crash occurred on a rural road in southeast Alabama's Pike County.

WHEN:

ABC News - The crash occurred late on Friday night, April 3rd, 2026.

CBS News - The incident was reported on Sunday, April 5th, 2026.

WHY:

ABC News - The reason for the police pursuit was not disclosed.

HOW:

ABC News - The car went off the road during the pursuit by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's highway patrol.

(UPDATED April 5, 2026 21:05 UTC)

Four people tragically lost their lives in a crash late on Friday night in Pike County, Alabama, when a car being pursued by a state trooper veered off the road and struck a tree. The driver, 27-year-old Tykevious D. Russaw, and two passengers, 27-year-old Robert D. Hall and 24-year-old Quamay Richardson, were not wearing seat belts and were thrown from the vehicle, while a 17-year-old passenger remained inside but was also pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle involved was a 2022 Hyundai Elantra, and the reason for the police pursuit has not been disclosed.