Multiple first responders were dispatched to an early Friday morning crash along busy Highway 280.
Salem volunteer firefighters responded to a crash involving a tractor trailer and a passenger car in the area of U.S. Highway 280 and Lee Road 184 around 8:06 a.m. on Friday, September 18, 2026.
Smiths Station Fire and Rescue was dispatched for mutual aid and Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputies assisted with traffic control, according to Salem fire officials .
Two occupants inside the passenger car were injured and taken to a nearby hospital by East Alabama Medical Center Emergency Medical Services.
Their conditions are unknown. The roadway was eventually reopened.
