I-65 closed after tanker overturns
Published 2:44 pm Friday, May 20, 2011
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.