On Saturday, July 22, 2023, 10-year-old Annabelle Mullican died after a single-vehicle crash in Mountain Brook, Alabama. Sarah Kathleen Cumbest Mullican, was driving a white Toyota Highlander at a high rate of speed on Old Leeds Road when a Mountain Brook officer clocked the SUV at 47 mph in a 30-mph zone and attempted a traffic stop. Mullican reportedly accelerated, turned onto Cherokee Road and did not stop; items were allegedly thrown from the vehicle during the brief pursuit. The SUV left the roadway and struck a tree in the 3400 block of Cherokee Road.

First responders found Annabelle unresponsive in the backseat; she was not wearing a seatbelt and sustained a major head injury and skull fracture. She was taken to Children’s of Alabama and pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m. Her mother suffered abrasions and an 8-year-old sister, who was restrained, had minor injuries. The Mountain Brook Police Department presented the case to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office and arrest warrants were issued for Sarah Kathleen Cumbest Mullican on charges of reckless murder and felony attempting to elude. She was booked into the Jefferson County Jail and released on bond; her medical practice has been lost and her husband has filed for divorce as she awaits trial.

Are there witnesses or local residents who saw the vehicle or the events on Old Leeds Road and Cherokee Road that afternoon?