Associated Press
RIVERSIDE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say what was initially believed to be a bag containing explosives found on the side of Interstate 20 in St. Clair County turned out to be three mostly harmless artillery simulators.
The suspicious bag was discovered Wednesday morning by a man whose car broke down on I-20 near the Riverside exit. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department's bomb squad was called to assist the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department and Riverside police. Jefferson sheriff's officials said it turned out the bag contained artillery simulators that are used in military training.
The simulators make a loud noise, but cause little damage.
State troopers shut down traffic on the highway while the bag was investigated, but the highway has been reopened.
The suspicious bag was discovered Wednesday morning by a man whose car broke down on I-20 near the Riverside exit. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department's bomb squad was called to assist the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department and Riverside police. Jefferson sheriff's officials said it turned out the bag contained artillery simulators that are used in military training.
The simulators make a loud noise, but cause little damage.
State troopers shut down traffic on the highway while the bag was investigated, but the highway has been reopened.
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