Two Dead in Separate Tuscaloosa Crashes Hours Apart as DUI Charges Follow I‑359 Pileup

Overview

• Police identified the I‑359 victim as 21-year-old Cierra Brena Anthony, who died at the scene after a chain-reaction crash involving seven vehicles around 2 a.m.
• Investigators say Anthony had exited her rear-ended car when a secondary collision pushed her parked vehicle into her.
• Five people from the interstate crash were taken to DCH Regional Medical Center with injuries described as not life-threatening.
• Two drivers face DUI charges connected to the I‑359 wreck, which shut southbound lanes until 9:50 a.m. and drew a multi-agency response including TPD, Northport police and Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue.
• Separately, a 19-year-old from Tallapoosa County was struck while crossing Jack Warner Parkway near Queen City Avenue after 4:15 p.m., later died at DCH, and her identity has not been released as the Violent Crimes Unit investigates.