Mississippi man dies more than a week after I-59 crash

Published: Sep. 22, 2026 at 9:57 AM EDT|Updated: Sep. 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM EDT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A man from Mississippi has died ten days after a crash on I-59 South in Birmingham.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has identified the man as 64-year-old Terry Lynn Goolsby of Pontotic, Mississippi.

Recovery crews work at the scene of the tractor-trailer crash. The driver died 10 days later.
Recovery crews work at the scene of the tractor-trailer crash. The driver died 10 days later.(WBRC)

Goolsby was driving a tractor-trailer that was involved in a multi-vehicle collision on I-59 South at Arkadelphia Road South on Sept. 9. He died at UAB Hospital on Sept. 19.

Birmingham Police are investigating the crash.

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