AND WE THOUGHT WE’VE HEARD EVERYTHING: 18-WHEELER WRECK CAUSED BY DRIVER PULLING OUT HIS TOOTH
January 29,
2015
TUSCALOOSA, AL (WBRC) -
State troopers say the 18-wheeler crash that shut down
I-20/59 near Tuscaloosa for hours late Sunday night through Monday morning was
caused because the driver was pulling his tooth out.
The 18-wheeler went off I-20/59 northbound near exit 79,
into a ditch and hit a tree around 10:15 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25. The driver
was not injured in the crash.
“The driver stated he lost control when he was pulling a
tooth with his hands. He had the tooth in his shirt pocket as proof,” the crash
report states.
No other vehicles were involved. The wreck shut down the
interstate between exits 76 and 79 until around 9 a.m. Monday, when troopers
opened up one lane to traffic.