Boaz man killed in fiery crash on I-22 in Walker Co.

WALKER COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - A man from Boaz has been identified as the victim of a deadly tractor-trailer crash Tuesday in Walker County.

State Troopers say Stephen A. Zmolek Jr., 40, died when the 2015 Freightliner Cascadia tractor-trailer he was driving left the road, overturned and caught fire.

Zmolek died at the scene. The crash occurred on Interstate 22 near the 49 mile marker, approximately five miles east of Carbon Hill, in Walker County.

State Troopers are investigating.

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