A number of motorcycle crashes claimed the lives of several people in North Alabama over the weekend, according to news releases from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
Three men and a woman were killed in separate crashes in separate counties on Saturday.
The first, at 12:15 p.m., took place at the intersection U.S. 72 and Burgreen Road, eight miles west of Athens, Alabama, according to a news release.
Brandon Michael Bennett, 22, was killed when the 2005 Yamaha motorcycle he was driving collided with a 2014 Chevrolet Impala, causing it to run into a 2017 Nissan Versa. Bennett was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other reported injuries, the news release states.
Less than an hour later at 12:54 p.m., Joseph Andrew Hopkins, 46, was killed when the 1994 Honda motorcycle he was driving struck a culvert along Cullman County 109, according to another news release. Hopkins was taken to a Birmingham hospital where he later died from his injuries.