Three people died Sunday in separate Jefferson County wrecks, including one hit by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 65 in Birmingham.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Jimmy Max Causey, 67, of Georgia, Judy Roton Frederick, 73, of Moody and Jeffrey Lynn Griffith, 54 of Dora.

The first happened about 6:30 a.m. Sunday on I-65 between University Boulevard and Third Avenue North. Authorities said Causey and a passenger were traveling northbound when they were hit head-on by a pickup truck.

Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said minutes before the collision, Birmingham police had received reports of a maroon pickup truck traveling southbound in the northbound lanes. It was that truck that struck Causey’s vehicle.

Causey was pronounced dead on the scene at 6:47 a.m. his passenger and the driver of the pickup were taken to area hospitals. The extent of their injuries wasn’t available.

Frederick was killed hours later – shortly after 11 a.m. – in a single vehicle crash in Trussville. Authorities said she was driving in the 7500 block of Old Roper Road when her vehicle left the roadway, went down an embankment and struck multiple trees.

Frederick was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:37 a.m.

The third crash happened at 12:08 p.m. on Alliance Road in the Bessemer area. Deputies and paramedics from the Birmingport Fire department arrived and found a vehicle that appeared to have left the roadway and struck a tree. Griffin and a woman were inside the vehicle, said Deputy Chief David Agee.

Yates said Griffith’s vehicle left the road for unknown reasons and hit a tree in the front yard of a residence. He was pronounced dead on the scene 12:56 p.m. Agee said it appears the driver may have suffered a medical incident just before leaving the roadway.

The woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.