CAPE GIRARDEAU - Northbound Interstate-55 traffic is reopened at Cape Girardeau following a fiery crash Tuesday afternoon; however Exit 96 will remain closed until further notice.
At about 1:20 p.m., a truck hauling diesel fuel overturned while traveling northbound on Interstate 55 and exploded into flames just before the William Street exit.
By 2 p.m., Cape Girardeau firefighters gained control of the blaze, which had spread into a culvert ditch beneath I-55.
Onlookers say the accident was caused by a white convertible driving southbound on the northbound ramp of exit 96. Two exiting motorists swerved to miss the wrongway driver before he jerked his own vehicle to the right into oncoming traffic on I-55.