Alabama State Troopers are reporting that driving while texting may have been a factor in a Thursday wreck that claimed the life of a Lacey’s Spring woman.

Samantha Wilkerson, 27, died in the wreck on County Road 1435 in Vinemont, according to Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick.

The wreck involved an 18-wheeler, which was seen in flames, and a 2008 Hyundai she was driving. The accident was reported at 2:41 p.m.

“Although the circumstances surrounding the crash are still under investigation, preliminary investigation indicates that driving while texting with an electronic device may have been a factor in the crash. Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate,” according to a release from Trooper Curtis Summerville in the public information office of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

In a separate accident, Troopers reported a two-vehicle crash at 3:50 p.m. Thursday, left two people dead in Blount County. A 16-year-old teenager from Altoona was seriously injured when the 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier she was driving collided with a 2000 Ford Windstar driven by Jo Cornelius Cloud, 79, of Guntersville.

The teen was airlifted to UAB Hospital where she later died. A 17-year-old passenger in the Cavalier was pronounced dead at the scene. Cloud, along with an adult passenger, was airlifted to UAB Hospital. A 6-year-old child passenger in the Windstar van was airlifted to Children’s of Birmingham Hospital with serious injuries. A 7-year-old child passenger in the minivan was transported to Children’s of Birmingham Hospital for minor injuries. The crash occurred on U.S. 278, four miles west of Snead, Troopers reported in a release.