CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ala. — A pair of young sisters from Alabama was killed earlier this week when a tractor-trailer hit their car.
The sisters, 18-year-old Lillian McCain and 12-year-old Libby McCain, were driving in a 2018 Subaru Crosstrek on Cherokee County 29 in Cherokee County, Alabama on Thursday afternoon, WBMA in Birmingham reported.
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Around 3:15 p.m., a 2006 Kenworth tractor-trailer hit the sisters’ car.
Both girls died at the scene. It’s unclear if the driver of the tractor-trailer was injured.
Cherokee County Schools Superintendent Michael Welsh told WBMA that Libby McCain was a student at Spring Garden High School and that Lillian McCain had just graduated from the school in May.
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Cherokee County 29 is located just a few miles from the state’s border with Georgia.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is still investigating the crash.
The sisters will be laid to rest next week.
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