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Morgan Lightner

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Dec 31, 2021

Victim Details

Morgan Lightner

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2021-12-31

25

Morgan

Lightner

07/14/2026

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In the early morning hours of New Year's Eve 2021, a tragic sequence of events on a Birmingham, Alabama roadway claimed the life of 25-year-old Morgan Lightner. Just before 3 a.m. on December 31st, Lightner was involved in a multi-vehicle accident that caused her own car to overturn. A survivor of the initial crash, she managed to exit her vehicle.

In a selfless act, Lightner then began attempting to warn oncoming traffic of the danger ahead, trying to prevent further collisions. It was d ...
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