Interstate 65 has been closed from Exit 212 to Exit 219 after a fuel tanker overturned, according to Chilton County Sheriff Kevin Davis.

The tanker, carrying 8,000 pounds of diesel fuel,  was traveling northbound near the 217-mile marker and overturned in the median, so both directions of traffic were closed at about 2:30 p.m.

The tanker’s driver was carried to a local hospital with minor injuries, but no other vehicles or people were involved in the wreck.

Davis said the Interstate would likely be closed for at least several hours.