LINCOLN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, a Munford man was arrested after leaving the scene of a multi-vehicle crash last week in Talladega County. He’s being held in the Talladega County Jail on a $7,500 bond.
31-year-old Joseph T. Newborn of Munford was in a vehicle that was struck by another car before crashing into a third vehicle at the intersection of U.S. Hwy 78 and Wills Farm Rd., about four miles east of Lincoln.
The crash occurred at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 14. A passenger in the vehicle that initially struck Newborn, 34-year-old Jerrica N. Rowland, was injured and transported to Regional Medical Center in Anniston.
According to authorities, Newborn attempted to leave the scene after the crash but was “quickly apprehended” and taken into custody.
The investigation remains ongoing.
