One person had to be cut free from a mangled vehicle after a two-vehicle crash Friday evening on Alabama Highway 165 at Nuckols Road, in the Mount Olive community of Russell County. The crash happened around 6:50 p.m. EST, deploying airbags in the collision before firefighters moved in to free a trapped occupant.
According to Cedar News, the person trapped inside the vehicle had to be extricated by firefighters before CARE Ambulance transported the patient to a nearby hospital. The outlet reported that the individual’s condition was not immediately known. As first reported by CNAW2, crews from the Mount Olive and Fort Mitchell volunteer fire departments both responded to the scene to handle the extrication.
Police Respond as Details Remain Limited
The Phenix City Police Department also responded to the crash scene, per the same Cedar News account. Beyond the basic sequence of events, additional information about the circumstances surrounding the crash was not immediately available, leaving open questions about what caused the two vehicles to collide at that intersection.
No details have emerged yet on citations, fault, or whether a broader investigation is underway, and Hoodline has not been able to independently confirm the patient’s outcome.
Nuckols Road Has Seen Trouble Before
This is not the first wreck recorded at this stretch of Highway 165. Back in June, a separate three-vehicle crash just south of Sunderlan Drive left Anthony D. Dinelli dead from blunt force trauma injuries, according to CNAW 2, which reported that investigators were looking into whether speed played a role. That crash occurred around 8:30 a.m. on June 1, 2026, at a different point along the highway.
Highway 165 near Nuckols Road has also seen other incidents reported over the years, including a crash involving a state trooper cruiser and a black Jeep that blocked the highway’s southbound lanes, according to CNAW 2’s reporting. A separate crash years earlier near the same stretch, at the 29.1 mile marker, was eventually cleared with both directions reopened, per WTVM.
For now, the focus in Mount Olive remains on Friday’s crash and the condition of the person who was pulled from the wreckage. Hoodline will update this story if more information becomes available.
