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 The unnamed 57-year-old trucker was driving on Interstate 20/59
near Tuscaloosa when the accident occurred late on Sunday, the
Birmingham News reported.
"The driver stated he lost control when he was pulling a tooth with
his hands," an Alabama Highway Patrol incident report said,
according to the newspaper. "He had the tooth in his shirt pocket as
proof."
After veering off the road, the truck went into a ditch before
jackknifing into a stand of trees, the newspaper reported.
 The accident caused no serious injuries but it triggered a complete
shutdown of a three-mile stretch of the freeway and caused delays
that lasted into the Monday morning rush hour, the newspaper
reported.
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Alabama Highway Patrol representatives did not immediately respond
to messages seeking comment.
(Reporting by Jonathan Kaminsky in New Orleans; Editing by Eric
Beech)
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