Senate nominee Tommy Tuberville’s fieldbus caught fire in northeast Alabama Wednesday night during a test drive.
The Senate candidate was not on board the bus and the only person on board was a driver who was not injured, according to a Facebook post from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.
The Facebook post showed a recreational vehicle on fire and announced the closure of an Interstate 59 lane due to the incident.
The bus was traveling near Hammondville, about 10 miles from the Georgia state line, when it caught fire. Paul Shashy, Tuberville campaign manager, he told AL.com The fire started during a test drive after maintenance.
“Coach Tuberville’s candidacy has obviously caught fire with voters … and our bus has, too,” Shashy said. “We are grateful that no one was injured in the incident and for the notable first responders who helped immediately.”
Tyler Pruett, a DeKalb County Sheriff’s spokesman, told AL.com that the cause of the fire is unknown, but “we don’t suspect any sort of foul play.”
Tuberville, former Auburn football coach, is competing in a July 14 tiebreaker campaign against the former attorney general Jeff Sessions
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The winner of the nomination will face Senator Doug Jones (D-Ala.) In November. Jones won his seat in a special election after President Trump
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