ALEA releases details in RV crash that caused traffic backup on I

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ala. ( WBRC ) - Officials have released more details about the RV crash that caused a significant traffic backup on Interstate 20 on Labor Day .

Officials with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the single-vehicle crash involving a 2015 RV happened around 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 1, on I-20 near mile marker 147 in St. Clair County near Moody.

That’s when ALEA said a tire on the RV, driven by a Texas resident, blew out causing the vehicle to leave the roadway and crash into a guardrail.

The Moody Fire Department said the impact caused fuel lines to leak and that started a fire inside of the RV.

No further information was provided by ALEA, but the crash remains under investigation.

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