18-Wheeler Driver Dies in Interstate 65 Wreck

By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

November 13, 2026

MOBILE, AL. A single vehicle crash involving a commercial motor vehicle that occurred on Wednesday November 11, 2026, in Mobile County has claimed one life.

Law enforcement, local firefighters and EMS responded to the motor vehicle wreck on Interstate 65 near the 17-mile marker, approximately two miles south of Satsuma at approximately 6:38 p.m.

Jose L. Mendez, 41, of Batesville, Texas was critically injured when the 2019 Freightliner Cascadia semi-truck he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. Mendez was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.

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