The Alabama Department of Transportation says Highway 20 is safe for drivers again after scrap metal on the road caused dozens of flat tires Thursday morning.
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New information -- the alabama department of transportation says highway 20 is safe for drivers again.
That's after scrap metal on the road caused dozens of flat tires this morning.
The state said it believes a truck hauling scrap metal spilled some of the metal along a 30-mile stretch of highway.
It put the morning communte on hold for some - while others saw their busiest day in months!
Waay-31's bridget divers joins us live from lawrence county... she talked to workeres at a local tire shop about the issue... bridget is must have been a busy day for workers..
Bridget?
Highway 20 runs through town creek - and several people here were impacted by the scrap metal spill along the road this morning.
And one tire shop here said they've seen a steady stream of customers all day.
Jacobi carter/ tire service worker "i rolled up around 6:50 or so and i've seen about like two cars roll up at once and then my dad called me and said 'hey let's go for a tow' i'm like 'alright' and then like 5 more rolled up and i was like 'alright well we'll do that later.'" jacobi carter works at gabe's 24 hour tire service in town creek.
He said the rush of people trying to get their tires fixed started before the sun came up!
Carter says most of today's customers are dealing with flat tires from that metal debris on the road.
He said fortunately - that's an easy fix.
"well what we usually do is we pull them out of the tires, see what's going on and stuff and then we just patch it up.
Get done, put it back on and it's usually working great."
The roadway has been completely clear of debris for the past several hours - so business has slowed down some.
The state says you should still be careful when driving along highway 20 in colbert, lawrence, and morgan counties - in case any pieces of metal were missed.
Live in lawrence county, bridget divers, waay-31 news.
Crews clean up scrap metal from highway in Lawrence County