In the early morning hours of New Year’s Eve 2021, 25-year-old Morgan Lightner was killed on a Birmingham roadway after a multi-vehicle crash. Just before 3 a.m. on December 31, her car overturned in the initial collision. Lightner survived that crash and managed to exit her vehicle.

While attempting to warn oncoming drivers about the hazard, she was struck by two separate vehicles. Both drivers left the scene, and Lightner was fatally injured. The Birmingham Police Department opened an investigation into the deadly hit-and-run. No arrests, suspect identifications, or charges have been announced.

If anyone saw the crash or has information about the vehicles that fled, please come forward to the Birmingham Police Department.