The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is conducting a death investigation after a body was found in the waters Wednesday beneath the Interstate 10 Bayway in Baldwin County, the agency said. In a press release, ALEA said that troopers with the Marine Patrol Division discovered the body at about 7:30 a.m. in the lower Delta near Spanish Fort.

I-10 eastbound on the Bayway has been closed while law enforcement officials continue their death investigation. PREVIOUS REPORTING MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Law enforcement officials said they are investigating a death on I-10 near the Bayway.

Interstate 10 Bayway traffic slowed to a crawl and was halted at times this morning as law enforcement officials on both spans and in the water below conducted what is being described as a death investigation.