A FedEx truck driver was killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 294 in Northbrook on Tuesday morning.
The semi collided with a guardrail and caught fire around 2:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Tri-State Tollway near the Lake-Cook Road exit ramp, according to Illinois State Police.
The truck driver was thrown from the cab and taken to Glenbrook Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has yet to release his identity.
Four hours after the crash, the truck was still smoldering from the fully involved engine fire, and packages were strewn across the tollway.
Fire officials said they don’t know why the truck went off the road.
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