Updated: January 16, 2018

A LAUDERDALE COUNTY WOMAN HAS DIED FROM INJURIES SHE SUSTAINED IN A MONDAY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.  ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, 81 YEAR OLD JOANN SKIPWORTH OF FLORENCE DIED AT HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL MONDAY EVENING.  THE TWO VEHICLE CRASH WAS REPORTED ON ALABAMA HIGHWAY 20, JUST WEST OF FLORENCE, AROUND 3:30 MONDAY AFTERNOON.  SKIPWORTH WAS AIRLIFTED TO HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE LATER DIED.  TWO OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH, INCLUDING SKIPWORTH'S 80 YEAR OLD HUSBAND, REMAIN HOSPITALIZED.