A September 9 crash on I-59 South in Birmingham, Alabama, ended with the death of Terry Lynn Goolsby, a 64-year-old tractor-trailer driver from Pontotoc, Mississippi. Goolsby died on September 19, 10 days after the multi-vehicle collision.
The crash happened on I-59 South at Arkadelphia Road South. Goolsby was behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer when the collision occurred. He survived the crash itself but later died after spending the following days dealing with the aftermath.

His death came on September 19, making the timing of the incident especially painful for those close to him. For 10 days, Goolsby remained alive after the collision. Then his family received the news that he had died.
Goolsby was 64 years old and lived in Pontotoc, Mississippi. His death connected a Mississippi community to a fatal crash in Birmingham, where the collision took place on I-59 South near Arkadelphia Road South.
The circumstances described in the original report do not provide additional details about what caused the multi-vehicle collision or the other people involved. What is known is that Goolsby was driving a tractor-trailer when the crash occurred and that he died 10 days later.
The gap between the crash and his death means Goolsby’s story did not end at the scene. He made it through the initial collision, but his condition remained serious enough that the days afterward became a fight for his life.
For the people who knew Goolsby, the loss is about more than a traffic crash. It is the loss of a 64-year-old man whose life in Pontotoc came to an end after an incident far from home. The sudden change has left those close to him with memories of his life and the painful events that followed the September 9 crash.
Goolsby’s death on September 19 came 10 days after the collision on I-59 South. His passing brings an end to a difficult period that began with a multi-vehicle crash in Birmingham and ended with the loss of a man remembered by those closest to him.



