Distracted driving was responsible for the miles-long traffic jam on I-20/59 East near Tuscaloosa Sunday night and Monday morning, but the driver wasn't looking at a cell phone-- he was trying to pull his own tooth, according to an ALEA State Trooper report.

The accident, which happened just before 10:30 Sunday night near the interstate's mile marker 79, was caused when a self-employed tractor trailer driver took his hands off the wheel to pull a loose tooth from his mouth.

"The driver stated he lost control when he was pulling a tooth with his hands," the report reads. "He had the tooth in his shirt pocket as proof."

The truck left the roadway, traveled down the slope leading into a ditch then jackknifed into nearby trees, according to the report.

No one was seriously hurt, but the effort to recover the truck caused road crews to set up a detour and completely divert eastbound traffic off the interstate between mile markers 76 and 79 for several hours.

The 57-year-old driver's name was redacted from the State Trooper's report.