Montgomery, Alabama (WALA)-the Montgomery police Department is investigating a traffic accident that killed one person.

On Thursday around 5 a.m., Montgomery police and fire paramedics responded and interstate 65 North and Fairview avenues in the following two vehicle crashes involving a 2007 Chevrolet Corvette and a 2012 Freightliner tractor-trailer.

The driver of the Freightliner, Clifton Taylor, 42, also suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. The driver of the Corvette was not injured.

An MPD investigation indicates that the Freightliner drifted into a Corvette travel lane, weighing in with the Corvette, police said. The driver of the Freightliner then ferried, causing the rig to capsize, police said.

The investigation into this fatal accident is ongoing.

After the accident, all northbound lanes of I-65 were closed; by 10 a.m., all lanes had reopened.

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