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A Tennessee father, his infant daughter and eight other children were killed in a multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway - CNN
Jun 21, 2021 1 min, 24 secs
Cody Fox, 29, of New Hope, Tennessee, and his nine-month-old daughter were identified in a press release issued by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) Sunday night.

The other victims in the crash were children aged between three and 17, who were traveling in a vehicle belonging to a ranch for neglected or abused school-age children, authorities said.

The crash happened about 120 miles southwest of Camp Hill, Alabama, where the ranch is located.

"Yesterday, was an extremely heartbreaking day for the state of Alabama as 10 lives were tragically lost in one horrific event," ALEA's Secretary of Law Enforcement Hal Taylor said in the release.

ALEA's Taylor said that investigations such as this are the most difficult part of the agency's job.

"I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to the friends and families of loved ones lost in Saturday's terrible crash, as well as my gratitude to all of the first responders and volunteers who quickly and valiantly responded to the scene," Taylor said.

The ranch provides a home for neglected or abused school-age children, according to the Alabama Sheriffs Youth Ranches, the nonprofit that manages the ranch and others across the state.

The ranch's director was the driver of the van and survived, according to the Youth Ranches CEO Michael Smith, but she lost two children of her own in the crash, he told CNN.

"Unfortunately we lost the other eight passengers."

"We lost eight young people that can make a difference in our world, we lost eight young people that didn't have a chance to have their own children, we lost eight young people that can't break the cycle of where they've been and change it for their children," Smith said.

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