Brewton, AL — November 19, 2025, two people were killed and another person was injured in a truck accident just before 4 p.m. on South Boulevard.

Authorities said a semi-truck and a pickup collided near the intersection with Young Street.

Two people in the pickup, a man and a woman, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, according to authorities, while another man was flown to an area hospital with unspecified injuries.

Authorities have not released any additional information about the Escambia County crash at this time. The accident is still under investigation.

Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman

When people hear about a deadly crash between a semi-truck and a pickup, like this one in Brewton, their first question is often: How did this happen? That’s a fair question, and the fact that we’re not being told much this early in the investigation only raises more.

At this point, we know only the bare minimum: that a semi-truck and a pickup collided near an intersection, and that two people in the pickup were killed, with a third person seriously injured. What we don’t know, and what matters most, is why the crash happened. Was the truck turning? Was it stopped or moving? Did it have the right of way? None of those details are clear, but they’ll be critical in figuring out who, if anyone, is responsible.

Whenever a commercial truck is involved in a fatal crash, there’s more than just one driver’s actions to consider. Was the truck’s onboard computer (engine control module) downloaded to see what was happening just before the crash? Was the truck equipped with dash cams or in-cab cameras? Was the driver using a cell phone or fatigued from too many hours on the road? These are not hypothetical questions. They’re part of every serious truck accident investigation I’ve ever been involved in.

And the truck driver isn’t the only party whose actions might come under scrutiny. In a case I handled not long ago, a trucking company put a driver on the road who had already been fired from several other jobs. Their entire driver screening process boiled down to a 20-minute road test. When the crash happened, it wasn’t hard to see that the company’s decision to hire that driver played a larger role in the outcome than anything the driver did that day.

That’s why I always emphasize the need for an independent investigation. Police reports are a start, but they usually don’t go deep enough into a truck’s mechanical data, the driver’s background or the employer’s hiring and training policies. Without those things, it’s nearly impossible to understand how a crash like this really happened.

Key Takeaways:

• The limited information available leaves many critical questions unanswered, especially about what caused the crash.
• Evidence from the truck — like black box data, camera footage and phone records — will be essential to understanding what went wrong.
• Trucking companies can share legal responsibility if they fail to properly hire, train or supervise their drivers.
• Only a thorough investigation, beyond the initial police report, can determine who, if anyone, should be held accountable.
• When two people lose their lives in a commercial vehicle crash, accountability depends on facts, not assumptions.