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.
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