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McIntosh toddler killed in crash A 2-year-old McIntosh boy was killed in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 9, just west of Coffeeville. A 1999 Honda collided with a tractortrailer at the 19.9 mile marker in front of the Highway 84 Package Store three miles west of Coffeeville, according to Dorris Teague, information specialist with the Alabama Department of Public Safety. The time of the accident was approximately 12:30 p.m. Killed in the accident was Aiden Ridge Beaugez. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His mother, Adrian Lenore Martin, 25, also of McIntosh, was the driver of the passenger car and was injured. Another passenger, Beaugez's halfbrother, 8-year-old Adam Drake Weaver, was also injured. Martin and Weaver were transferred to Grove Hill Memorial Hospital and released that day. Terry Dewain Baxter, 38, of Coffeeville, was the driver of a 2006 Western Star log truck. He was employed by Jordan Timber Company. Baxter was injured, but his condition was unknown at press time. The accident remains under investigation by state troopers. Trooper Darrell Linder is the investigating officer. Among those responding to the scene were members of the Choctaw and Clarke counties Sheriff's Departments, police officers from Silas, Gilbertown and Coffeeville, members of the Coffeeville Volunteer Fire Department, rescue squads from Clarke and Choctaw counties, Alabama Game and Fish officers, Choctaw County EMS ambulance units, ambulance units from Clarke County, District Attorney Spencer Walker and members of his staff. According to published reports, the 2- year-old victim was a native of Jackson. Funeral services were Saturday at McKenley's Holiness Church with burial in Reed's Chapel Cemetery in McIntosh. In addition to his mother, survivors include his father, Michael Beaugez Sr. of Citronelle; four brothers, Adam Weaver, Bryan Cole, Michael Beaugez, Jr. and Joseph Byrd, all of McIntosh; and his grandparents, Dottie and Thomas Rivers of Citronelle, Barbara and Joe Guerrero, Paul Martin and Minnie Reed, all of McIntosh. In a related matter, McIntosh Police Officer Brad Singleton stopped and arrested Martin, the driver of the Honda and mother of the victim, Jan. 8 on U.S. Highway 43, after he discovered a small amount of marijuana in her possession. She was charged with second degree possession of marijuana and ordered to appear in McIntosh Municipal Court.
According to Washington County Circuit Clerk records, Martin was also charged in 2006 with passing a stopped school bus.
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