Driver manages to disconnect truck after woman smashes pickup into trailer

A truck driver was able to disconnect his truck and trailer after a woman in a pickup crashed into the back of his rig in a fiery wreck. 

The accident happened on Monday, October 7th at 11:11 p.m. on Interstate 35 North at O’Connor Road in San Antonio, Texas. 

According to Kens5, a woman driving a silver Ford pickup truck ran into the back of the tractor trailer at a high rate of speed, pinning her pickup underneath the trailer. The pickup truck then caught fire.

The woman was unable to escspe the flaming vehicle in time, but the truck driver was able to disconnect the truck and trailer, preventing the fire from spreading throughout his rig. 

First responders spent over an hour extinguishing the flames fueled by the pickup truck’s gas tank. 

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver is expected to be okay. No further information has been released.