FedEx truck driver killed in fiery plunge off Kansas City ramp
A truck driver was killed early Wednesday morning after going off the side of a highway ramp and falling onto the roadway below.
The crash occurred around 4 a.m. on December 9 at Kansas Highway 7 and Kansas Highway 10 in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe, Kansas.
This is the K-7 overpass over K-10, above the wreck. Tire tracks in the grass, truck is upside down and burned out. @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/EZq79iStft
— Dan Cohen (@DanCohenTV) December 9, 2020
Police say that a FedEx semi truck was on the ramp from K-7 to K-10 when it crashed off the side of the ramp and plummeted onto K-10.
The truck caught fire soon after the crash.
By the time that rescue crews arrived at the scene, the truck driver had passed away.
No other vehicles were involved and no one else was hurt.
The identity of the truck driver has not yet been released.
The crash remains under investigation.
Both directions of K-10 are closed and are expected to remain shut down through 11 a.m. or noon. K-7 is open.
#BREAKING: The driver of a @FedEx semi truck is dead this morning after their truck went off the bridge at K-7 and landed below onto K-10.
It resulted in a massive fire and K-10 is currently blocked off.
Here’s a report from @AbigaelKCTV5 at the scene.@KCTV5 pic.twitter.com/uNeu4tAqvs
— Joe Chiodo (@JoeChiodo) December 9, 2020