Kansas City suburban authorities claim that the driver of a FedEx semitrailer died after the truck flew over the side of a highway bridge, crashes into the road below and erupted in flames causing damage to the bridge and leading to a temporary shut down of the K-10 exit.
Police officials state that the crash happened around 4 am on Wednesday when the truck launched off the side of the Kansas Highway 7 bridge and landed on Kansas Highway 10 below near Olathe. The crash began a large fire that blew up the truck and forced police officials to shut down all lane of K-10 in the area as fire crews battled the flames. Fire brigade was summoned to put out the fires and police officials are investigating the cause of the accident and fire.
The name of the driver and the contents of the truck are not being revealed to the public at the moment.
K-7 remained open, although the damage caused to the bridge where the truck had crashed over the side is clearly visible.
By Meena Atmakuri
