Dothan, AL : One driver still critical after Friday wreck in Eufaula on April, Friday 7th 2017

A front-end crash Friday afternoon left three injured. At least one victim remains in critical condition as of Monday afternoon.

The accident occurred just south of the Chewalla Bridge on North Eufaula Avenue around 2 p.m. Friday.

Eufaula Police report that a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup, driven by 50-year-old Robert Andrew Wright of Eufaula, was traveling north on Eufaula Avenue when it crossed through the median cut through and struck a 2013 Chrysler 2000 that was traveling south. The driver of the Chrysler has been identified by police as Kimette P. Grice, 45, of Stone Mountain, Georgia. Her passenger was identified as Leroy L. Coates, 46, of Detroit Michigan.

Kimette’s daughter, Ashleigh Blanton, told the Tribune her mother and Coates were traveling through Eufaula on her way to Panama City Beach, Florida when the accident occurred.

Grice and Coates were trapped inside the Chrysler and had to be extricated using the jaws of life by the Eufaula Fire Department. Wright was also trapped as the pickup rolled over on its side. He was taken by air ambulance to Montgomery. Grice was air lifted to a hospital in Dothan with serious injuries, and Coates was taken to Medical Center Barbour initially for treatment and later airlifted to another hospital.

Blanton said both of her mom’s legs were broken. Her right foot and left arm were broken. She had a cracked pelvis and a bleed on her brain. Initially on life support, she was removed from a ventilator on Monday morning, according to police. Grice remains in stable but critical condition.

As of Monday afternoon, Wright had been released from the hospital. Coates was in stable condition, as well.

Ashleigh Blanton started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for her mom’s medical expenses and recovery due to her having no health insurance at the time of the accident.

“She was due to start a new job Monday and now that’s nowhere near possible,” said Blanton on the GoFundMe page. She told the Tribune, “I am a 25 year old mom with three kids. I need community support...Prayers are needed from around the world.”

Eufaula Police Chief Steve Watkins said they are still investigating the accident and have asked for medical toxicology reports on both drivers but as of Monday afternoon the EPD had not received them.

Watkins said he has also requested the State to pull the computers from both vehicles so they can determine how fast each was traveling at the time of the accident.

Their investigation is ongoing.

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One driver still critical after Friday wreck in Eufaula