From The Tribune staff reports
ARGO — The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office released the identity of a man killed in a crash on Interstate 59 South. The crash happened on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, around 5:20 a.m.
Calvin Eugene Clopton, 38, of Pelham, was killed when a tractor-trailer hit the back of his vehicle. The vehicle was engulfed in flames when troopers arrived at the crash site. Clopton was pronounced dead on the scene, at mile marker 146.5, in Argo.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is investigating the cause of the crash.