A fiery crash between two 18-wheelers on Interstate 16 near Metter and Excelsior early Thursday morning kept both lanes of traffic closed for several hours. Georgia State Patrol Post 45 Trooper Robbie Scott reported the crash took place around 3:26 a.m. near mile marker 105, close to the Excelsior exit, when one truck driver failed to slow and ran up underneath the trailer of another semi. The tractor of a 2008 Freightliner rig driven by Michael Terecio Willis, 34, Thomaston Road, Macon, became lodged underneath the trailer of a 2007 Freightliner driven by Perse Morrell, 48, R. L. Lee Road, Statesboro, reports stated.