Early on Tuesday morning, a man was killed in a tractor trailer crash in Chilton County.
According to Alabama State Troopers, the accident happened shortly before 5. 30 a.m. on Interstate 65, at the 203 mile marker, around one mile south of Clanton. They went on to say that 58 year old Michael David Kolarchick from Birmingham was driving a 200 Volvo tractor trailer which collided with a 2001 Freightliner being driven by Jejuan Powell of Montgomery. One of the tractor trailers overturned and caught on fire.
Kolarchick was pronounced dead on the scene and Powell was uninjured.
The accident stopped traffic for several hours as all lanes on I 65 North were closed for the investigation and the wreckage to be removed. Troopers said the crash remains under investigation and at this time no further information was available.
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