From The Trussville tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has identified a woman killed in a Monday afternoon accident.
Vanessa Brewster Hamilton, 66, of Birmingham, was killed around noon on Monday near the Chalkville Mountain Road exit on southbound Interstate 59/20.
Her vehicle allegedly left the interstate and hit a tree. A passenger in the vehicle was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries.
Hamilton was pronounced dead on the scene.