The Oneonta City Schools superintendent Craig Sosobee confirmed Sunday night Malikih Montgomery was the fatality in the crash. According to a social media post from the Blountsville Fire and Rescue Department, their personnel were called to assist in a two-vehicle collision involving people trapped and vehicles on fire.

A former Oneonta High School football standout was killed in a fiery crash Sunday morning in Blount County. Malikih Montgomery, a freshman defensive back at Huntingdon College, was named to Blount County’s All-County Team in December 2023.

A teenager was killed and two others were injured after a head-on collision in Blountsville Sunday morning. According to the Blountsville Fire and Rescue Department, authorities were requested as mutual aid for a two-vehicle crash involving a fire and entrapment in the Summit Fire Department territory on Sunday,