Police: Teenager in deadly crash was trying to pass another vehicleBy Stephanie Taylor, Staff WriterA teenage driver involved in a fatal head-on collision Monday morning was trying to pass another vehicle on North Ridge Road, investigators said.Susan Kines Langston, the daughter of former University of Alabama assistant football coach Joe Kines, was killed in the head-on collision.Her sons, 7 and 14, were still being treated at Children's Hospital in Birmingham Wednesday, said Capt. Loyd Baker, commander of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit. According to school staff, Langston, 43, was driving her older son to a summer football workout at North Ridge High School, where her husband Keith is an assistant football coach. She was heading toward Old Colony Road. The teenagers were driving toward the school.Baker said that the teenage driver and four passengers had left summer classes at the school and had bought lunch at McDonald's. They were returning to the school at 11:15 a.m. when they crashed in the 5700 block of North Ridge Road, he said. Passing is allowed on the stretch of road where the crash occurred, near the intersection with Old Colony Road.All of the teenagers were treated and released from DCH Regional Medical Center.The 18-year-old driver's name has not been released. Baker said that it is too early in the investigation to determine whether charges will be filed.Traffic death cases are usually heard by grand juries, who decide whether charges should be filed, he said.
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