‘Reverse Smokey and the Bandit’: Two truckers teamed up to stop fleeing suspect on I-65 in Alabama

Police in Calera, Alabama, say that two truckers were instrumental in bringing a police pursuit to a safe stop on Saturday.

At 2:45 a.m. on October 17, 2026, an officer with the (CPD) spotted a vehicle “traveling at a high rate of speed” through a construction zone on I-65.

The officer attempted to initiated a traffic stop by activating lights and sirens, but the suspect continued driving south at a high rate of speed…

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