ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - Police say a mother and daughter were killed
in a highway acccident while they were driving away from a clinic
where they had just received swine flu shots.
Workers at the Limestone County Health Department said the two
women had gone through an outdoor flu shot clinic before the wreck
on U.S. Highway 31 on Wednesday.
Athens police Capt. Marty Bruce said the women's car was
entering the highway from the street where the health department is
located when it collided with a sport utility vehicle.
Limestone County Coroner Mike West says both women were wearing
seatbelts but were killed by the impact. He says officials were
unable to contact family members immediately and the names of the
victims could not be released.
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