Truckers help block speeding suspect in Calera chase

Truckers help block speeding suspect in Calera chase

Two truckers helped Calera police end a high-speed chase on I-65 after a driver sped through a construction zone and then slammed on the brakes.

'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 City of Calera Police Department (CPD) spotted a vehicle “traveling at a high rate of speed” through a construction zone on I-65. The […]