The crash that killed 10 people — including nine children — on Interstate 65 near Greenville in June occurred when an auto transport truck slammed into vehicles that were stopped on the roadway after a series of minor crashes, according to the preliminary report published by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The NTSB released the preliminary findings Tuesday.
The wreck occurred about 2:30 p.m. on June 19, just south of Montgomery along Interstate 65 at mile marker 138.
Eight Alabama juveniles who were in a passenger van owned by the Tallapoosa Girls Ranch died in the wreck, along with a Tennessee man and his 9-month-old daughter who were traveling in an SUV.