MOBILE, AL, (April 15, 2026) – A tragic crash involving a semi-truck and an abandoned vehicle claimed the life of a 26-year-old man early April 15 along Interstate 10 in Mobile.
According to the Mobile Police Department, Aram Saakian was operating a semi-truck hauling vehicles westbound on I-10 when it struck a vehicle that had been left unattended near Tennessee Street at about 1:30 a.m. Following the collision, the truck veered off the roadway, crashed into a concrete barrier, fell from a bridge onto Tennessee Street below, and caught fire.
Saakian was transported to a local hospital with critical injuries and later died on April 19.
Authorities said a 47-year-old Mobile man who allegedly abandoned the vehicle was identified and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with death, attempting to elude law enforcement, and second-degree burglary.
